Federation for a Democratic China (FDC ) is a Canada based political group that advocates the democratization of China through opposition of the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

and the support of

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. It was founded on September 22, 1989 in

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, following the

1989 Tiananmen Square Protests The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

. The group has members all over the world, including mainland China. Active members are located in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Thailand and in other European and Asian countries. The group was very active in the five years following the

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

and has been substantially reinvigorated and active since 2003 with large congresses attracting a broad cross-section of leading Chinese Democracy Activists and exiles. In 2005

Chen Yonglin Chen Yonglin () is a former Chinese diplomat who sparked fears of a diplomatic incident through his defection to Australia in the summer of 2005. The episode highlighted the tensions faced by China's trade partners when concerns arise from that ...

, then Chinese consulate-general working in Sydney, defected to the Australian government by a formal claim for

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. Chen claimed that a network of 1,000 Chinese government spies were operating in Australia, leading the chairman of the Australian branch of the FDC to comment that such claims could "lead to natmosphere of distrust and even antagonism towards the Chinese community." On October 8, 2012, during the 11th Congress of FDC,

Sheng Xue Sheng Xue or Reimonna Sheng (; born 1962), is the pen name of Zang Xihong (), a Chinese-Canadian journalist and writer, and human rights activist. Background Sheng Xue grew up in Beijing, and moved to Canada soon after the Tiananmen Square protes ...

, who lives in

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was elected as the President of the FDC. She was the first female president of the FDC, and the first female president of any major organization in the overseas Chinese pro-democracy movement. On March 24, 2017, during the 13th Congress of FDC,

Chin Jin Federation for a Democratic China (FDC ) is a Canada based political group that advocates the democratization of China through opposition of the Chinese Communist Party and the support of human rights. It was founded on September 22, 1989 in Pari ...

, who lives in Australia, was elected as President.

Jin Xiuhong Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin (Wade–Giles). "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean. It may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國) ...

of the

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, Wang Dai of Japan and Zhang Jian of

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were all elected as Vice-Presidents, and

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from

was elected as the Chair of the Supervisory Committee. Other former Presidents of the FDC include

Yan Jiaqi Yan Jiaqi (; born December 25, 1942) is a Chinese political scientist and dissident. Biography Yan was born on 25 December 1942 in Wujin District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, during the Chinese Civil War. In 1959, he entered the University of Science ...

and

Wan Runnan Wan Runnan (; born 29 October 1946 in Yixing, Jiangsu) is a Software engineer, Entrepreneur and a Chinese human rights activist who is known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. Life Wan was in college studying engineering w ...

, who both lived in France during the FDC's initial stages and later moved to the United States. Wan Runnan currently lives in Paris. The group had 3000 members at peak. In 2017, the membership was reduced to 100. The group split in 2017.

References

External links

Federation for a Democratic China Official WebsiteForum for a Democratic China (Australia)
{{authority control 1989 establishments in France Chinese democracy movements Political organizations based in France