On the second day of the Chinese New Year in the Year of the Snake, which falls on January 30th in 2025, a group of Chinese people residing in New York City gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate General to hold a unique “New Year” ceremony – wishing for the demise of the Chinese Communist Party.
This event was organized by human rights and democracy organizations such as the “Chinese Human Rights Democracy Alliance,” “Democratic China Front,” and “Chinese Democratic Party,” and the participants were all individuals who had been persecuted in China.
Jie Lijian, Vice Chairman of the United Association of Chinese Democratic Parties, suffered persecution by the police in China before fleeing the country. He was sent to a mental hospital and tortured before eventually making his way to the United States via Africa. On the 30th, he expressed his views on the future of the Chinese Communist Party in front of the consulate.
“The Communist Party is an unprecedented giant snake of evil. This snake has coiled, sucked blood, and gnawed at us until today. We hope to bury it in the Year of the Snake this year!”
Jie Lijian stated, “We are very confident now, firstly because the global anti-communist trend is escalating, forming a large encirclement against communism; secondly, the Chinese Communist Party is losing the support of the people domestically. Many instances of group resistance have occurred at the beginning of 2025. The internal struggles within the Party, the military, and politically… are becoming increasingly intense… Everything indicates that the days of the Communist Party are numbered, heading towards its demise.”
Chairwoman Jin Xiuhong of the Chinese Human Rights Democracy Alliance said at the ceremony, “We, anti-communist individuals who have fled from the communist regime, are here today on the second day of the Chinese New Year in 2025 to bury Xi Jinping and the Communist Party. This coffin is our New Year’s gift to them: Overthrow the Communist Party! End CCP!”
People held up a black coffin and made symbolic gestures towards the consulate. By noon, the iron gates of the consulate that had been partially open were quietly closed.
Those present all expressed that only after the collapse of the Communist Party could China have a life of freedom similar to that of the United States, and people could celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year.
“We hope to celebrate the New Year next year back in China,” they said.