By Li Muzi, Vision Times
Disturbing allegations of forced organ harvesting in China have long drawn international attention and condemnation. On March 22, a short post on social media reignited these concerns after a user wrote that they had once doubted the allegations but now fully believed them. The message quickly went viral, surpassing 2.76 million views within roughly 36 hours, sparking widespread discussion online.
The user, identified as “Wang Sicong,” posted on the platform X: “I used to not really believe in organ harvesting. Now I completely believe it…”
Though the message contained only about 20 Chinese characters, it prompted an avalanche of comments, with many users sharing personal observations, suspicions, or accounts they believed supported claims of forced organ harvesting across the country.
One user, liujie, wrote: “I didn’t believe it before either. But after seeing the entire New Cai incident in Henan, the videos released by parents before they were deleted, and the clumsy official police statement, I finally believed it. They really carry out the taking of lives and organs with shocking efficiency.”
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‘Harvested while donor is alive’
Another user, ioio, commented: “If you read the regulations, it clearly states that organs must be removed while the person is still alive if there is no need for rescue. I looked it up myself, except for a few organs, most must be harvested while the donor is alive. Once someone is dead, the organs are useless.”
A third user, Eileen Against CCP, wrote: “Now it has become even more evil. People are arranging surrogacy to produce children with their own genes so that those children can later provide stem cells or organs to extend their lives. In nature even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, but under the CCP such moral limits have disappeared. Maybe you don’t believe it today, but in ten years you may write the same sentence.”
Another commenter, Mu Yunping, shared a story allegedly told by a forensic doctor: “A friend of mine knows a forensic examiner who once attended an execution. When the shot failed to kill the prisoner instantly, they dragged him to an ambulance and began removing organs. The prisoner, covered in blood, shouted: ‘I’m not dead yet!’”
Others pointed to films and investigations that they say document the issue. A user named Democratic Party wrote: “Organ harvesting is real. Watch the Taiwanese documentary ‘State Organs.’ It presents interviews with many victims.”
Several comments expressed concern about unexplained deaths or disappearances. One user wrote:
“There are too many abnormal deaths and disappearances. When you connect them with organ demand, it begins to look like an organized system.”
Long-running state policy
Wang Zhiyuan, head of the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), recently discussed the issue in an interview with Vision Times. He said that investigations conducted by the organization over many years suggest that forced organ harvesting has been carried out on a large scale in China since the late 1990s.
According to Wang, the organization has collected evidence including recorded phone calls, witness testimony, and other documentation indicating that prisoners of conscience and ethnic minorities, particularly Falun Gong practitioners, have been targeted.
“What Falun Gong practitioners have been telling society for more than twenty years is gradually being recognized as true by more people,” Wang said. “Events happening around them are leading them to realize that these claims may indeed be real.”
Wang warned that signs suggest the practice may have expanded beyond a single group. “When organs from Falun Gong practitioners could no longer meet demand, they would inevitably reach further into society,” he said.
He criticized what he described as years of public indifference: “For a long time, people chose not to see or hear what was happening to Falun Gong practitioners. Now that large numbers of disappearances and suspicious cases are appearing, people are realizing that the threat could affect everyone.”
WOIPFG, founded in 2003, investigates alleged human rights abuses in China, including organ harvesting. Its reports have been cited in international discussions and referenced in United Nations human rights documents and independent tribunal proceedings.
Growing awareness
The viral post has become part of a broader discussion among Chinese netizens about missing persons, organ transplantation, and transparency in the medical system. Some commenters connected the issue to reports of missing youth or unexplained deaths, while others expressed anger or fear.
The debate also intersected with the “Tuidang” movement, in which individuals publicly declare withdrawal from organizations affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to the Global Tuidang Service Center, more than 459 million Chinese citizens have declared withdrawal from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, the Party, Youth League, and Young Pioneers, since the movement began in December 2004.
Some individuals posting statements said allegations of forced organ harvesting had influenced their decision. One citizen identified as Li Mingyu from Beijing wrote: “Scenes that even horror films would not dare depict are happening in the 21st century. For years I wondered why so many children disappeared each year without a trace. Now I understand—they may have become an organ bank for officials.”
Another individual from Jiangxi province, Wu Qiang, said: “As a medical worker, I once felt proud of my profession. But when I learned that living people might have their organs forcibly removed for profit, and that colleagues could be involved, I felt deep anger. I believe justice will ultimately prevail.”
