The CCP’s Thuggish Behavior Is a Total Disgrace to Chinese People

.

Commentary

March 25 was a special day.

These announcements are rare statements that expose the thuggish acts of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the whole world.

Since its establishment, Shen Yun has awed millions of audience members around the world with authentic Chinese history and tradition before communism; while also exposing on stage the ugly nature of the CCP.

Shen Yun has been lauded by theater goers for its pure performances and outstanding artistic excellence, winning numerous accolades worldwide. The show frequently attracts full houses, reaching over a million audience members every year.

The CCP sabotages Shen Yun because it is afraid of its efforts to revive traditional Chinese culture, of the world getting to know China before communism, and of the world becoming aware of CCP’s evil nature.

The CCP’s evil traits have persisted since it seized power in China in 1949. It has been ruling China through violence and totalitarianism, permeating all facets of society and extending its influence abroad.

.

China, with its five-thousand-year-old civilization, was known as a land of morality and decorum. However, over the past seven decades, CCP leaders have engaged in extremely base and despicable acts that tarnish the reputation of both China and its citizens.

Domestically, Chinese Society Is Beset with Crises

.

Since the CCP seized power, it has destroyed China’s heritage, dishonored the nation’s forebears, and desecrated cultural tradition. It initiated political campaigns that targeted and oppressed China’s cultural mainstream, and ravaged the nation’s cultural relics, morality, and faith, including through the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. Concurrently, the CCP has aggressively indoctrinated the Chinese populace with the communist culture of evolutionism, atheism, materialism, and a foundation of conflict, precipitating a rapid and steep decline in the moral fabric of Chinese society.

There is an ancient Chinese saying: “When the top beam is askew, the bottom beam will be crooked.” In a society ruled by the CCP’s authoritarianism, Chinese businesses and corporations, bereft of traditional values, pursue short-term gains without any moral compass. The prevalence of counterfeit goods including medicines, along with toxic rice, oil, vermicelli, and milk powder, as well as rampant corruption, fraud, substandard construction, unchecked suppression and bullying, widespread hostility and homicide, are indicative of the pervasive chaos in Chinese society. Today, under the CCP regime, Chinese society is riddled with danger and is teetering on the brink of collapse.

.

Internationally, CCP Lacks Trust

In the international community, the CCP doesn’t hide its ugly nature, breaking its promises randomly and conducting aggressive so-called ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy.

The CCP rapidly enacted Article 23 in Hong Kong, a new sweeping national security law, which has triggered a fresh wave of global condemnation and protests.

.

In addition, the CCP is consistently colluding with nefarious regimes around the globe, providing overt and covert support to a range of terrorist groups, undermining and challenging the democratic systems of the West.

Freedom and democracy form the bedrock of Western societies, yet the CCP seeks to entangle the West through economic incentives, exploiting greed to erode Western moral principles, and turn them into accomplices of the CCP. By linking Western fortunes to the CCP through economic ties, they undermine democratic values and chip away at freedom. Such contemptible strategies have triggered alarm and pushback within the West.

.

CCP’s Intellectual Property Theft Brings Disgrace to Academia

The CCP resorts to any means necessary to strengthen its power. It aggressively exports its communist ideology to democratic countries and carries out espionage activities worldwide.

In the realm of technology, it steals it on a global scale and then replicates it in China, attempting to leapfrog Western countries. Tactics used by the CCP include economic warfare and an all-out spy war, bringing total disgrace to Chinese and foreign academics.

The CCP’s actions have incited the ire of the international community, leading to a concerted effort to contain it.

Between 2018 and 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice brought charges against more than 150 academics;  about 90 percent of whom were of Chinese origin or descent.

.

Ms. You and her Chinese corporate partner, Weihai Jinhong Group, received millions of dollars in grants from the CCP to support the new company, prosecutors said.

Mr. Ding was charged with four counts of trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He was arrested at his residence in Newark, California, on March 6.

The 38-year-old allegedly stole more than 500 files containing confidential information between May 2022 and May 2023.

The CCP’s intellectual property theft has, in reality, jeopardized the reputation of the Chinese diaspora, particularly impacting the career prospects of scientists of Chinese origin. The CCP’s systematic appropriation of American and European technology has resulted in widespread suspicion of overseas Chinese as potential CCP collaborators or even proxies, impeding their opportunities for advancement abroad.

.

For instance, in the past few years, the United States has denied entry to hundreds of Chinese academics and international students, with some facing expedited deportation.

Recently in Australia, two Chinese individuals used Uber to visit a luxury store in Sydney. During the ride, the driver inquired, “Are you heading to the store to take photos so you can replicate and sell knock-offs?”

.

The CCP has moralized, normalized, rationalized, and even militarized acts of intellectual theft, waging what it dubs as a “people’s war” to appropriate advanced Western technologies under the guise of patriotism, nationalistic fervor, and the promise of monetary and reputational rewards. This alarming and aberrant conduct is without historical precedent.

The CCP’s thuggish behavior extends beyond the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. In Africa, the CCP is aggressively expanding its influence without regard for the consequences, resulting in severe ecological damage, rampant poaching of wildlife, and the oppression of local populations.

In contemporary times, the CCP has shed any pretense and openly challenges the international community. Actions that would be beneath the dignity of ordinary people are commonplace under the CCP’s rule.

.

When Etiquette Fades, Civilization Wanes

Chinese civilization boasts a long and profound history, often hailed as the epitome of etiquette. For a considerable stretch of history, traditional China was a beacon for other nations to study and emulate.

At that time, people from diverse backgrounds flocked to China to acquire knowledge and expertise, symbolizing the splendor of Chinese civilization. Even the children dispatched beyond the nation’s borders during the Qing Dynasty to study in the United States largely assimilated swiftly into American society and forged numerous friendships.

Nevertheless, under the deliberate influence of the CCP, many Chinese individuals today demonstrate behavior and a mindset that diverges from the international community. The prevalent traits include disregard for norms, distrust, lying, inclination towards confrontation, and an aversion to admitting faults while prioritizing personal image. The uncivilized conduct of numerous Chinese immigrants in Western societies has left the international community aghast.

In 2015, a Chinese woman allowed a young boy to defecate outside the British Burberry store in Bicester Village, Oxfordshire, while a public bathroom sat only feet away.

In 2016, a Chinese tourist shocked Russians when she allowed her child to urinate directly on the floor of the grand Catherine Palace. Built in the 18th century, the Palace was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990.

In response to such uncivilized behavior, countries such as France, Germany, Japan, and Thailand—Chinese tourists’ favorite destinations—have all come up with signs written in simplified Chinese characters: “Chinese people, please flush after using the toilet,” “Please keep quiet,” and “Please refrain from spitting everywhere.” These signs dedicated to the Chinese populace indeed embarrass all Chinese people.

.

International Community Bands Together in Protest

When international communities are offended by the CCP’s behavior, it is the Chinese people who suffer the consequences from the resentment and retaliation from free societies.

Throughout its decades in power, the CCP has consistently stooped to such low and contemptible deeds, earning the condemnation of nations worldwide and tarnishing the reputation of both China and its people. When the CCP faces opposition from free societies, it shamelessly uses the Chinese people as its shield.

A community that neglects civilized etiquette will not garner respect; a regime that disregards integrity will not sustain itself; a nation and a people without cultural roots cannot genuinely thrive. Chinese citizens and members of the international Chinese community should recognize the CCP’s harm and destruction of China’s reputation and the image of its people. By resisting the misconduct of the CCP, they can safeguard the reputation that Chinese people rightfully deserve.

The international community should no longer naively assume that the CCP is a normal regime. It must recognize it as an evil regime that embodies the incarnation of malevolence with the intent to destroy humanity. Its existence serves only to prompt individuals to make choices between good and evil, thereby shaping their own futures. Let us differentiate between China and the CCP, resist the CCP, distance ourselves from the CCP, and choose a brighter future for ourselves.

Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

.