作者：华一言（大陆）

编辑：Gloria Wang  责任编辑：胡丽莉  翻译：程铭

一千年前，宋太祖赵匡胤有言：官吏所食，皆百姓之俸；官吏所享，皆百姓之养。彼时，凡衙门门口，必立石碑，其上镌刻十六字：“尔俸尔禄，民脂民膏。下民易虐，上天难欺。”此言振聋发聩，提醒为政者：权自民出，禄由民供。

然而，千年之后，竟有人反言：“是我们养活了十几亿人，解决了他们的吃穿问题。”此言何其荒谬！

须知，江山之基，系于黎庶；国家之盛，赖于民力。田畴之稼，皆农夫汗水所滋；工厂之火，皆工人辛勤所燃；商贾之智，亦为繁荣所添。是亿万人民，以辛劳与智慧，铸就今日之繁华。岂容倒果为因，将本为职责之事，妄称为恩赐？

“养活十几亿人”之狂语，不独是对百姓血汗的亵渎，更是对历史真义的颠倒。此种心态，暴露出某些权位者的骄矜与轻慢。他们忘却了：权力，乃人民所授；职责，乃为民谋利。为政者非救世之主，不过是人民的公仆。所谓“解决吃穿”，并非恩典，而是人民以血汗与创造力换来的成果。

国家之责，在于为人民开拓道路、营造条件，使人人皆可凭借勤勉，成就尊严而幸福的人生。若有将人民功劳据为己有者，实乃对民心的不敬，对历史的背叛。

Who feeds whom?

Author: Yiyi Hua (Mainland)

Editor: Gloria Wang  Responsible Editor: Lili Hu  Translator: Cheng Ming

Abstract: Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty warned that the salaries of officials all come from the people, and the people are the capital of the state. Nowadays, some people say that “to feed one billion people”, which is actually subversive. The prosperity of the country depends on the hard work of the people. The politician is the servant of the people, not the one who gives grace.

A thousand years ago, Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the Song Dynasty, said that what officials eat is the salary of the people; what officials enjoy is all provided by the people. At that time, a stone tablet must be erected at the gate of the government, and sixteen words will be engraved on it: your salary and your food, is from people’s wealth and people’s harvest. It is easy for the people to abuse, but it is difficult for god to deceive.” This statement is deafening, reminding the politicians that power is out of the people, and the money is provided by the people.

However, a thousand years later, someone said, “We have raised one billion people and solved their food and clothing problems.” How ridiculous this is!

You should know that the foundation of the regime depends on people; the prosperity of the country depends on the power of the people. The crops in the fields are all nurtured by the sweat of farmers; the fire in the factory is ignited by the hard work of workers; the wisdom of merchants is also added by prosperity. It is hundreds of millions of people who have forged today’s prosperity with hard work and wisdom. How can we take the result as a cause and call it a gift for what is originally a duty?

The crazy saying of “feeding more than one billion people” is not only a blasphemy against the blood and sweat of the people, but also a reversal of the true meaning of history. This kind of mentality exposes the arrogance and frivolity of some powerful people. They forgot that power is given by the people; responsibility is for the benefit of the people. The politician is not the Lord of Salvation, but the public servant of the people. The so-called “solving food and clothing” is not a favor, but a result of people’s hard working and creativity.

The responsibility of the country is to find ways to create opportunities for the people of a better life, so that everyone can live a dignified and happy life with diligence. If there is a person who takes the merits of the people for himself, it is actually disrespectful to the people and a betrayal of history.

2025年7月15日

作者：一个有良知的中国人 

编辑：李聪玲  责任编辑：罗志飞  翻译：程铭

习近平：

 你登上权位十三年，曾以“反腐倡廉”、“伟大复兴”为口号，握权在手，万民翘首以待，盼你守法治、促自由、济民生、行德政。可谁知，等来的却是一场噩梦，是一头独裁的猛兽撕裂了改革开放的羽翼，把十四亿人拉入沉默与恐惧的深渊。 

你高呼“新时代”，却让国家回到了“文革”之夜；你毁邓小平留下的集体领导制度，一人独大，党法国法，皆为你脚下泥土；你口口声声“以人民为中心”，却让人民在封控中哭喊，在失业中沉沦，在物价中呻吟，在缄默中窒息。 

经济大厦已倾——民营企业不是被查就是被吞，青年人不是在“摆烂”就是在“润”；大学文凭贬值如废纸，房地产泡沫破裂如幻影，地方财政空虚，债务深渊已至喉咙，你却仍在大撒币，把中国人的血汗钱变成海外腐败政权的贿金与炮灰。 

你的“一带一路”，不是福音而是陷阱；你的“共同富裕”，不是分蛋糕，而是掏口袋。你让全党全军围着你转，天下苍生却无处申冤。 

“官不聊生”，因为体制内人人自危；“民不聊生”，因为体制外处处封锁。你的“伟大斗争”只换来了一个崩塌的现实：社会停滞、思想僵化、技术倒退、民心尽失。天怒人怨，举国皆知。 

今日之中国，不是向上腾飞的巨龙，而是被你缠上锁链、蒙上黑纱、摁进冰窟的病狮。 

我们在此正告你：

你不是中国的救星，而是拖累人民的祸首；

你不是民族的灯塔，而是历史的迷雾！

你必须下台！

必须谢罪！

必须交还被你篡夺的国家未来！ 

这是一个公民最温和、最理性、最文明的呼吁。如果你不听，那就准备好迎接人民更坚定、更广泛、更不可阻挡的觉醒与行动。 

历史不会沉默，人民不会永远忍耐。 

谨此，书于这个风雨欲来的时刻，愿未来的中国，不再有你的阴影！

 （国内来稿）

An open letter to Xi Jinping: You have harmed the country and the people. It’s time to apologize and leave.

July 15, 2025

Abstract: This is an open letter, severely accusing Xi Jinping’s perverse actions under 13 years of dictatorship: undermining the rule of law and people’s livelihood, destroying the economy and freedom, and harming the country and the people. The author called on him to step down and apologize for his sins and return the future of the country and warned that the awakening and struggle of the people would eventually come, and history and conscience would not be silent.

Author: A Chinese with a conscience

Editor: Congling Li  Responsible Editor: Zhifei Luo  Translator: Cheng Ming

Xi Jinping:

You have been in power for thirteen years. With the slogans of “anti-corruption and integrity” and “great rejuvenation”, you have held power in hand, and all the people are waiting for you. I hope you will abide by the rule of law, promote freedom, help people’s livelihood, and govern morally. But who knows that what came was a nightmare. It was a dictatorial beast that tore the wings of reform and opening up and pulled 1.4 billion people into the abyss of silence and fear.

You shouted “new era”, but let the country return to the night of the “Cultural Revolution”; you destroyed the collective leadership system left by Deng Xiaoping, one person alone, the party, France and law, all for your feet; you said “people-centered”, but made the people cry in the lockdown, sink in unemployment, moan in prices, and suffocated in silence. Rest.

The economic building has been dumped – private enterprises are either investigated or swallowed up, and young people are either “rotting” or “moistening”; college diplomas are depreciating like waste paper, real estate bubbles bursting like illusions, local finances are empty, and the abyss of debt have reached their throats, but you are still scattering coins, turning Chinese people’s hard-earned money into overseas corrupt regimes. Bribes and cannon fodder.

Your “Belt and Road” is not a gospel but a trap; your “common prosperity” is not a cake, but a pocket. You let the whole party and the whole army surround you, but the world has nowhere to complain.

“Officials can’t make a living”, because everyone in the system is in danger of themselves; “people can’t make a living”, because everywhere outside the system is blocked. Your “great struggle” has only been exchanged for a collapsed reality: social stagnation, ideological rigidity, technological regression, and the loss of people’s hearts. God’s anger and people’s resentment are known to the whole country.

Today’s China is not a dragon flying up, but a sick lion that is chained, covered with black veil, and pressed into the ice cave by you.

We are here to tell you:

You are not the savior of China, but the scourge that drags down the people.

You are not the beacon of the nation, but the fog of history!

You must step down!

You must apologize!

We must return the future of the country that was usurped by you!

This is the most gentle, rational and civilized appeal of a citizen. If you don’t listen, be ready to welcome the people’s more determined, broader and unstoppable awakening and action.

History will not be silent, and the people will not endure forever.

Sincerely, at this time of storm, may China in the future no longer have your shadow!

(Domestic manuscript)

作者：郑伟
编辑：罗志飞 责任编辑：胡丽莉 翻译：吕峰

2025年8月30日，在美国加州洛杉矶，当地时间下午3时许，中国民主党洛杉矶委员会组织了第753次“茉莉花行动”主题为“声援山东良心犯，捍卫言论自由”的集会。几十名海外华人民主人士聚集在中国共产党驻洛杉矶总领事馆门前，高举标语、横幅，齐声高呼“释放山东政治犯”“结束中共暴政”“没有共产党才有新中国”等口号，强烈抗议中共当局对言论自由的压制，并为山东多名良心犯的正义呐喊。该活动由中国民主党全国委员会支持，旨在唤起国际社会对中共政治迫害的关注。

山东作为中国历史悠久的孔孟之乡，本应是仁义与智慧的象征之地，但近年来却成为中共当局打压异议人士的重灾区。集会发起人杨长兵和郑伟在现场致辞中指出，中共极权统治下，山东多名知识分子、艺术家和维权人士因表达对民主自由的追求而遭受监禁、失踪或强制送入精神病院。他们强调：“齐鲁故邦，钟灵毓秀，英贤辈出。然极权肆虐，正士蒙难。吾侪虽客居海外，然心系家国，誓不向暴政低首。” 参与者们通过此次活动，表达了对这些“为民请命，以身许国”的山东志士的声援，并呼吁全球华人团结起来，推动中国政治体制改革，实现民主与法治。

本次集会特别聚焦几位山东良心犯的遭遇，引发现场强烈共鸣。其中，山东大学退休教授孙文广因公开组织纪念“六四”事件、给习近平写公开信批评其外交政策，以及2018年接受美国之音采访而被当局失踪，至今已逾七年，外界怀疑其已在软禁中去世，但中共当局从未给出明确答复。 南开大学副教授吴亚楠（虽籍贯非山东，但事件与山东相关联）因公开支持“白纸运动”、呼吁学校保护学生而被强制送入精神病院，遭受“被精神病”迫害。 艺术家高砾（高兟）以其大胆作品《下跪忏悔的毛》《枪决基督》和《毛小姐系列》等批判毛泽东和文化大革命，于2024年8月26日以“涉嫌侵害英雄烈士名誉罪”被拘留。 此外，甘肃籍“零八宪章”签署人贾国玺于2019年以“颠覆国家政权罪”被关押在山东监狱；山东淄博维权人士王丽珍为父伸冤、声援其他访民而多次因“寻衅滋事罪”被捕；原山东郓城公安局指导员曾凡锦因实名举报县委书记而被重判10年；前临沂市人大副调研员丰晓燕因批评体制腐败而被强制送入精神病院。这些案例凸显了中共对言论自由的系统性镇压，参与者们手持这些人士的照片和事迹简介，高呼“释放孙文广！释放吴亚楠！”以示支持。

活动主持人马群和杨皓在集会中表示，“茉莉花行动”是中国民主党海外分支长期坚持的非暴力抗议形式，自2011年起已举办数百场，旨在通过海外平台放大中国国内被封锁的声音。义工彭小梅等协助负责活动秩序确保活动顺利进行。行动部长倪世成强调：“我们虽身在海外，但心系故土。今天相聚领事馆门前，不仅是为山东志士发声，更是向中共暴政宣战，争取言论自由的普世权利。”

洛杉矶作为海外华人聚居地，中国民主党在这里多次组织类似活动，此前包括2025年4月的“国际良心日”集会、2025年7月的“709事件”十周年纪念和8月9日声援河南政治犯。此次集会虽未获中共驻洛杉矶总领事馆回应，但当地警方出动维护秩序，确保活动顺利进行。参与者们在集会结束后举起写有“中共下台”“捍卫言论自由，释放政治犯”等横幅，高呼表达对中共一党专政的强烈不满。

中国民主党作为1998年在中国大陆发起的第一个公开组党运动的组织，虽遭中共取缔，但海外分支持续活跃，推动非暴力民主改革。此次活动再次彰显了海外华人民运人士的决心，他们呼吁国际社会加大对中共人权侵犯的压力，支持中国实现政治民主化和军队国家化。参与者们表示，将继续通过各种形式声援国内良心犯，直至自由之光普照华夏大地。

Support for Shandong Prisoners of Conscience

— The 753rd Jasmine Action

Author: Zheng Wei
Editor: Luo Zhifei Executive Editor: Hu Lili Translator: Lyu Feng

Abstract:On August 30, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m. local time in Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles Committee of the China Democracy Party organized the 753rd “Jasmine Action,” under the theme “Support Shandong Prisoners of Conscience, Defend Freedom of Speech.”

On August 30, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m. local time in Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles Committee of the China Democracy Party organized the 753rd “Jasmine Action,” under the theme “Support Shandong Prisoners of Conscience, Defend Freedom of Speech.” Dozens of overseas Chinese democracy activists gathered in front of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles, holding placards and banners while shouting slogans such as “Release Shandong Political Prisoners,” “End CCP Tyranny,” and “No CCP, New China.” They strongly protested the Chinese Communist regime’s suppression of free expression and raised their voices for justice on behalf of several prisoners of conscience in Shandong. The event, supported by the National Committee of the China Democracy Party, sought to draw international attention to the CCP’s political persecution.

Shandong, known historically as the homeland of Confucius and Mencius—a symbol of virtue and wisdom—has in recent years become a focal point of the CCP’s repression of dissidents. At the rally, initiators Yang Changbing and Zheng Wei pointed out that under CCP authoritarian rule, numerous Shandong intellectuals, artists, and rights defenders had been imprisoned, disappeared, or forcibly confined to psychiatric institutions for expressing their aspirations for democracy and freedom. They emphasized: “Qilu is a land blessed with talent and virtue, yet tyranny brings calamity upon its righteous people. Though we live abroad, our hearts remain tied to our homeland. We vow never to bow before tyranny.” Through this action, participants expressed solidarity with these Shandong patriots—who “plead for the people and dedicate their lives to the nation”—while calling on Chinese communities worldwide to unite, promote political reform, and realize democracy and the rule of law in China.

This rally placed particular focus on the cases of several Shandong prisoners of conscience, striking a strong chord with the audience. Among them was Sun Wenguang, a retired professor at Shandong University, who was disappeared after publicly organizing memorials for the Tiananmen crackdown, publishing open letters criticizing Xi Jinping’s foreign policy, and giving an interview to Voice of America in 2018. He has been missing for more than seven years, and many suspect he died under house arrest, though the CCP has never given a clear answer. Wu Yanan, an associate professor at Nankai University (though not from Shandong, her case is linked to Shandong), was forcibly institutionalized for publicly supporting the “White Paper Movement” and urging her university to protect students, suffering persecution as a “psychiatric patient.” Artist Gao Li (Gao Shen) was detained on August 26, 2024, on charges of “insulting the reputation of heroes and martyrs” for provocative works such as Kneeling and Repenting Mao, Executing Christ, and the Miss Mao Series, which criticized Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution. In addition, Jia Guoxi, a Gansu-born signatory of Charter 08, has been imprisoned in Shandong since 2019 for “subverting state power”; Wang Lizhen, a rights activist from Zibo, Shandong, has been repeatedly detained on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for defending her father and supporting other petitioners; Zeng Fanjin, former instructor of the Yuncheng Public Security Bureau in Shandong, was sentenced to ten years for exposing corruption by the county party secretary; and Feng Xiaoyan, former deputy researcher of the Linyi Municipal People’s Congress, was forcibly confined to a psychiatric hospital for criticizing systemic corruption. These cases illustrate the CCP’s systematic suppression of free expression. Participants held up photos and biographies of these individuals, chanting “Free Sun Wenguang! Free Wu Yanan!” to show their support.

Event hosts Ma Qun and Yang Hao stressed that “Jasmine Action” is a long-standing nonviolent protest organized by the overseas branches of the China Democracy Party. Since 2011, hundreds of such events have been held, aiming to amplify voices silenced in China. Volunteers such as Peng Xiaomei assisted with order and logistics to ensure the smooth running of the gathering. Action Director Ni Shicheng declared: “Though we live abroad, our hearts remain with our homeland. Today we gather before the consulate not only to speak for Shandong’s brave souls, but also to declare war on CCP tyranny and fight for the universal right of free expression.”

Los Angeles, home to a large Chinese diaspora, has hosted many similar events by the China Democracy Party, including the April 2025 “International Conscience Day” rally, the July 2025 commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the “709 Crackdown,” and the August 9 rally supporting Henan political prisoners. Though the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles gave no response to this event, local police maintained order to ensure its smooth progress. At the end of the rally, participants raised banners reading “Down with the CCP” and “Defend Free Speech, Free Political Prisoners,” chanting loudly to express their firm rejection of one-party dictatorship.

Founded in 1998 as China’s first openly organized opposition party, the China Democracy Party was quickly banned in mainland China, but its overseas branches remain active, advocating nonviolent democratic reform. This event once again demonstrated the resolve of overseas Chinese pro-democracy activists, who urged the international community to increase pressure on the CCP over human rights abuses and to support China’s democratization and the establishment of a nationalized military. Participants pledged to continue supporting prisoners of conscience in all possible ways—until the light of freedom shines upon the land of China.