Chinese Democratic Party, Europe
CHINESE DEMOCRATIC PARTY · EUROPE
PARTY IN EXILE
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SINCE 1998 · PEACEFUL · RATIONAL · NON-VIOLENT

Openly present,
openly speaking.

In exile, we speak for the Chinese people.

Democracy · Freedom · Constitutionalism · Rule of Law · Human Rights
📷 June 4th vigil, Victoria Park 2018 · Prosperity Horizons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (placeholder; the party’s own photos or video later)
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📷 Xu Wenli · illustration from “Twenty Years in Exile” (permission pending)
The founder’s words · 1997
“End one-party rule, build the Third Republic,
renew constitutional democracy, protect human rights and freedom.”
Political line: open · rational · peaceful · non-violent
The normal order of human society

“Humans are born equal; humans are born different; humans are born imperfect.”

Xu Wenli
Founder of the Chinese Democratic Party · Honorary Chairman of the National United Headquarters
1981First imprisonment; paroled in 1993
1998Founded the party; arrested the same month; sentenced to 13 years
2002Released and exiled to the United States
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📷 Goddess of Democracy, Hong Kong 2010 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
DemocracyEnd one-party rule; a government authorised by the people and held to account.民主
📷 Victoria Park rally 2019 · Studio Incendo · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
FreedomFreedom of speech, assembly, association and belief, no matter where one lives.自由
📷 Tiananmen Square · EditQ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ConstitutionalismPower bound by a constitution; institutions, not individuals, decide the nation’s course.宪政
📷 Shenzhen · jo.sau · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rule of LawAn independent judiciary; everyone equal before the law.法治
📷 Victoria Park vigil, 26th anniversary · Exploringlife · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Human RightsHuman dignity is inviolable.人权
TAKE ACTION

Next time, we stand up together.

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📷 Victoria Park vigil 2009 · Kap Leung · CC BY 2.0 (placeholder)
Disobedience Movement · 2026.10.01

National Day · Ladder speeches in Frankfurt

Outside the PRC Consulate General in Frankfurt, members of the Europe branch took turns climbing a ladder to speak: the ladder goes over the wall the CCP has built between China and the world outside. Peaceful, rational, non-violent.

Across Europe

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Civic initiatives

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📷 Hong Kong Island Skyline 2009 · WiNG · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Frankfurt Book Fair: “We are all booksellers”

📷 Victoria Park vigil 2007 · Simon Lo · CC BY-SA 2.5
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June 4th commemoration

📷 Victoria Park 2021 · Studio Incendo · CC BY 2.0
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Peaceful protest outside the consulate

PERSPECTIVES

Perspectives and essays

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Xu WenliFounder of the Chinese Democratic Party · Honorary Chairman
Featured · 2004.04.27 · Democracy Day speech, Rhode Island House of Representatives

Freedom is the highest value in life

“Freedom is a universal human aspiration. Human rights know no borders. Every person’s free development is the precondition of all development in human society.”
From “Xu Wenli: Twenty Years in Exile (2002–2022)”
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Xu Wenli · 2007.03.17

Decent and clear-minded people, organise and act

Xu Wenli · 2016.07.02

The long Christmas Eve and my vision of a normal future society

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Cheng Jian · Europe branch · 2026.10.07

The political awakening of an ordinary Chinese

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Zhang Chong · Europe branch · 2026.06.16

Letter from the first party-school cohort to fellow members

Essays express the personal views of their authors, not the official position of the Chinese Democratic Party, Europe branch. The party’s official position is under “News · Statements”.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership

About us →
Founder · Honorary Chairman
Xu Wenli
Chinese Democratic Party, National United Headquarters
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Chairman
Ning Xianhua
Chinese Democratic Party, National United Headquarters
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Chairman
Xu Yingtao
Chinese Democratic Party, Europe
EUROPE

Europe branch

“Standing up together may not mean being a heroic figure in some breathtaking act … If you refuse to spread the false rumours the Chinese Communist Party has crafted, you are already part of the resistance.”
Xu Yingtao · Chair of the Europe branch
2026.10.01 · outside the Consulate General in Frankfurt · ladder speech
许瀛涛 (Xu Yingtao)
Chair
赵志泽
Member
胡建华
Member
张亚东
Member
丁延军
Member
席瑞
Member
许春亭
Member
戴舒
Member
陈小宏
Member
程建
Member
马一特
Member
贾志
Member
李强
Member
李腾蛟
Member
赵浪
Member
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FOR POLITICIANS & PRESS

In dialogue with politicians, media and civil society.

We are China’s democratic opposition party in exile. The European Parliament, national parliaments, political parties, media and human-rights organisations are welcome to contact us.

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Press contact

Interview requests, statements and press releases

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Press kit

Logo, photos of the leadership, party profile (中 / DE / EN)

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Programme (PDF)

Grundsatzprogramm · Party Programme

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Request a meeting

MPs’ offices, parliamentary groups and foundations

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Open, rational, law-abiding. Wherever you live, anyone who cares about China’s future can become a member, volunteer or supporter.

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