Video: Chinese Immigrants Speak out: Stop Cultural Revolution in America
Article date:
4 October 2021
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Our American Future
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In light of what's happening in today's America, four Chinese immigrants who love their new country -- the USA -- feel compelled to come out and share their personal stories from China. Some of them have witnessed the catastrophic Proletariat Cultural Revolution launched by Chairman Mao from 1966 to 1976. Some of them have worked within the CCP's system. They all have one thing in common: they do not want to see a repeat of China's Cultural Revolution happening here in America.
Transcript of three of the four speakers:
hi my name is lily I was born and grew up in china I was two years old when Mao started his
Cultural Revolution I was 12 when he died imagine I was 4 years old my memory started with seeing
a dead man's body naked floating on the water of this very deep community shared water well
I was told years later that he committed suicide and he was a "black class"
Mao used the Cultural Revolution to purge his political enemies he shut down schools and told
the red guards to go to get rid of "Four Olds" old culture ideas habits and customs so they did
toppled down statues burned churches temples burned books and cultural relics looting shops
and homes with old cultural items and made black class people to go to "Struggle Sessions" publicly
denounced themselves shamed them made them apologize for their past and made the children
denounce their family and change last names they also changed names of streets schools institutions
to show that they got rid of the old names censorship self-censorship they were everywhere
the press controlled by one-party dictatorship constantly feeding propaganda in our daily lives we did
not know what truth was law enforcement was told to stand down where people being tortured publicly
and there's no rule of law no due process 20 million people died during the 10 years social
political chaos I was a red child working poor class I was brainwashed I mean i thought Mao
was like a god I'm very concerned terrified to see what is going on on American soil today
divide and conquer citizens is a typical marxist communist tactic I hope people realize that
I would hate to go through another cultural revolution
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my name is Xi Van Fleet I left china to come to America 35 years ago the Chinese cultural
revolution started in 1966 it lasted for 10 years until Mao's death in 1976 I was a first grader
when the cultural revolution started I spent my entire school years in the cultural revolution
after I graduated from high school I was sent to the countryside to work in the fields
to be re-educated by the peasants during the cultural revolution I witnessed the red guards
rampage through my city in search of anything old to destroy because Mao ordered them to dismantle
the Four Olds old ideas old tradition old customs and old habits the red guards tore down buddhist
statues and temples they went door to door to raid homes to smash old furniture old books
old vases and old whatever many were beaten some to death the red guards also changed
the street names school names and store names even personal names to be politically correct
these red guards were thoroughly indoctrinated youths from colleges and public schools
they became the destructive force of the Chinese civilization now America has its own red guards
they too are the indoctrinated youth trained by the indoctrination mills of our public schools
and universities we see the American red guards on campus silencing any conservative voices
we saw them on the streets during the summer of unrest of 2020 burning and terrorizing our cities
they have also become a destructive force of the western civilization and
the American civilization if we want to save this republic for our future generation we must act now
hi my name is Amani I was born and raised in china I was born a year after Mao died therefore I never
suffered physical hunger like my friends did but I suffered a different kind of misery and pain
the starvation of the mind I worked for a top multilingual radio station in china for eight
years in the 2000s what I experienced there taught me that the cultural revolution in the
Chinese media or propaganda sector never truly ended only one voice was allowed the party's
only one opinion was the correct opinion the party's our job was not to report facts
but to keep a positive image of china under the communist party's glorious leadership and demonize
the western and democratic countries as evil where their people were suffering and oppressed
we were constantly trained on how to direct the public opinion in the correct direction
silencing and vilifying all those who disagree with the party's narrative
yet in today's America especially during the last 18 months I've seen a strange change the media
the educational system and the big corporations here all seem to have unanimously adopted the
same tactics to drown out different voices only those who agree with them are encouraged to talk
those who disagree are not only ignored but often labeled mocked shamed and outright silenced those
who dare to speak their minds often risk losing their jobs and being shunned by the communities
that they grew up in this is why I feel compelled to come out and speak my truth because I've seen
it all happen before in china and I'm appalled to see it happening here again in my beloved new
homeland destruction of the mind starts with the destruction of free expression and suppression
of a person's curiosity and ability to question and to disagree it will not solve any problems
in real life or lead to enlightenment instead it will destroy the human spirit the culture
and environment of free thoughts free exchange of ideas creativity and innovation thank you
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