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The CCP's History of Killing
From the time the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power in 1949
up through today, between 65 and 80 million people have been killed or
died unnatural deaths at the hands of CCP. The following summary
highlights several notorious CCP campaigns.
Land Reform, Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries Campaigns (1950–1952; 2.4–5 million killed)
Under the guise of “land reform” and suppressing
“reactionaries,” within two short years Chinese authorities killed 2.4
million people, according to the CCP’s own figures. Some put the figure
at 5 million. With its violence the CCP achieved three goals: 1) the
total elimination of village leaders, who were replaced with CCP
authorities; 2) obtaining, from those killed, massive personal wealth;
and 3) instilling deep, lasting fear of the CCP.
The Great Leap Forward (1959–1961; 30–40 million dead)
In a terribly ill-conceived plan to double China’s
steel production, the CCP essentially turned the nation into one large
labor camp. The fanatical drive required all Chinese to take part in
steelmaking. Farmers, forced to participate, abandoned their crops to
rot in the fields. Local officials meanwhile falsely reported large
crop yields, further feeding the zeal. The result: over 30 million
starved to death, and the country was plunged into economic depression.
In the aftermath CCP propagandists rationalized the calamity as a
“natural disaster.” No disasters, however, were recorded at the time.
The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976; 7–8 million killed or driven to suicide)
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution aimed for
nothing less than destruction of all traditional Chinese culture and
beliefs. The campaign reached such a frenzy that children would beat or
even kill parents, teachers, and elders; many turned them in to
authorities for torture or public humiliation. Killing became a way to
prove one’s “revolutionary” status. So chaotic were the times that
rampant cannibalism broke out in multiple regions. “The outside world
obtained a glimpse of the violence,” according to China scholar Kenneth
Lieberthal, only “when trussed-up corpses, many without heads, began
floating down the Pearl River into Hong Kong.”
1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre (June 4th, 1989; 600–3,000 killed)
The CCP leadership brought a violent end to months of
student-led sit-ins and hunger strikes on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square by
ordering armed military to take the Square by force. The unarmed
students were gunned down or crushed under tanks in a horrific
bloodbath. To this day the CCP has not apologized or admitted any
wrongdoing in the tragedy.
The “Eradication” of Falun Gong Campaign (1999–present; 5–7,000 est. dead, as many as 3 million imprisoned)
In July 1999 then-CCP-Chairman Jiang Zemin, resentful
of Falun Gong’s popularity, ordered the peaceful group “eradicated.”
The ensuing campaign—violent and brutal—has been seen by many, like CCN
Senior Analyst Willy Lam, as “a throw-back to the Cultural Revolution.”
Some 30,000 cases of torture and abuse in custody have been documented,
while as many as 3 million languish in jails and forced labor camps.
Women are subjected to rape, forced abortions, and sexual violations by
authorities. The campaign is believed to the largest, longest, most
systematic, and costly campaign ever against a single group of people
in China.
... Read more in the Nine Commentaries
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