Rally supports Chinese Communist Party resignations

By Globe Staff

Members of the Chinese community and supporters in the area rallied at Boston Common this afternoon to encourage members of the Chinese Communist Party -- including those living in Boston -- to publicly resign.

About 70 people attended the event, led by The Boston Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP, which included speeches, musical performances, posters, and signs all encouraging card-carrying Chinese communists to leave the party. The center has been active since 2005, months after the Epoch Times, a New York-based news publication which releases a Chinese-language edition, published a series of editorials about the history of the Chinese Communist Party.

Sixty million people have since resigned, according to Michael Tsang, who organized the Boston event. Tsang said many Chinese immigrants to the United States remain active members of the party. His group is targeting those who have settled in the Boston area. “We’re making small steps and roads to bringing awareness to the American people,” he said.