Zhang Shumin (張淑敏) of Tianjin spent 14 years from 2005 to 2019 travelling the streets and alleys of the northern Chinese port city to spread information about the “Tuidang” movement to quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated youth organizations.
The Tuidang movement counts more than 438 million names — real or assumed — of people in or from China who have given statements annulling the oaths they made to serve the CCP and lay down their lives for it while joining the Party.
A former railway technician now living in Europe after emigrating from China, Zhang shared her experiences at a Nov. 10 event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Tuidang movement, which began in 2004.
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As part of her routine, Zhang would mostly pass out copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party (九評共產黨) — an editorial series published by overseas Chinese newspaper The Epoch Times analyzing the misrule of the CCP — throughout Tianjin.
Sometimes she would also speak to residents directly, such as construction workers and market vendors.
On one occasion, Zhang inadvertently delivered a copy of the Nine Commentaries to a police officer. The officer, however, indicated that he would not punish her, and agreed to quit the CCP under an assumed name.
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In the course of her volunteering for the Tuidang movement, Zhang says she persuaded nearly 70,000 people to quit the CCP and its affiliated youth organizations — the Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers.
While the CCP counts over 90 million card-carrying Party members, the majority of China’s more than 1 billion people have joined and made oaths to the League and Pioneers.
