The “Global Anti-Communist Network Conference,” initiated by overseas Chinese pro-democracy activists such as Wang Dan and Chen Baokong, was held on January 21, but the conference was deliberately disrupted by suspected Chinese cyber forces and delayed for two and a half hours before proceeding smoothly.
Thirty-five overseas Chinese pro-democracy activists launched the “Global Anti-Communist Network Conference” in early January, hoping to use the gathering to reunite overseas Chinese with their determination and consensus to fight against the Communist Party after the U.S. presidential election, and to discuss the next step.
The organizer was kicked out of the 50-cent impostor edition
The meeting, which was scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. EST on the video-conferencing platform Zoom, was disrupted by suspected Chinese netizens and “fifty cents”. Not only was the meeting repeatedly disconnected, but members were “up and down” and randomly kicked out of the meeting room. In addition, some members were overwhelmed by unwarranted noise during their speeches, and the online chat room was also scrubbed of vulgar comments, with many netizens using the names of participants and posting “a bunch of crooks are meeting here”, “they’re trying to scam money, right? Many netizens used the names of the participants, posting comments such as “a bunch of crooks are meeting here,” “they are trying to cheat money,” “the rabbit has three holes,” and “laughing at people.
The meeting was delayed for two and a half hours before it started, and the online gathering of hundreds of people was reduced to more than 50.
“I couldn’t get into the main conference room at the beginning,” Chen Broken, who served as the event’s moderator, told the station. “In the second conference room, I was kicked out as soon as I got in, and the third conference room was completely disrupted when one or two people spoke… …Finally, the venue had to be strictly controlled so that only those who knew could enter.”
The notice for the “Global Anti-Communist Network Conference” was published by pro-democracy leader Wang Dan on social media on January 15, stating the theme and goals of the initiative and including an email for registration. Wang Dan speculated that it was for this reason that the online conference was attacked by those with an agenda.
“Because of the registration method, we couldn’t identify the target audience, so I guess there was a group of people who deliberately wanted to disrupt the conference – in my opinion, it was clearly 50 cents – and came into the conference to post obscene language to try to disrupt the conference,” Wang said. Wang Dan said.
Zoom security questioned again
Dan Wang and Chen also turned their fire on Zoom, a video conferencing platform, criticizing it for having security concerns. Wang Dan said the organizers have retained evidence that the meeting was disrupted and will turn it over to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and are considering filing a lawsuit against Zoom.
Last summer, Humane China, a non-governmental organization founded by June 4 student leader Zhou Fenglock, and human rights activists used the Zoom platform to organize an online commemoration of the June 4 Tiananmen Square incident. Zoom also acknowledged that it had received instructions from the Chinese government to block one account in Hong Kong and two in the United States “in order to comply with the laws of the countries in which they operate.
The U.S. Department of Justice also indicted a Zoom employee, Jin Xinjiang, last December for allegedly assisting China in disrupting a series of Zoom online meetings commemorating the June 4 events, and even providing China with a list of rally participants so that the Chinese government could harass those involved.
The organizers of the rally will continue to hold Zoom accountable, but also take this opportunity to warn Chinese people at Home and abroad that Zoom is an unsafe software that is subject to all kinds of interference from the Chinese Communist Party. Chen told reporters, “Why would the Chinese Communist Party want to disrupt such a meeting? The outside world thinks that the CCP regime is solid, but the CCP ruling class is weak, glassy-eyed and without self-confidence.”
The “Global Anti-Communist Network Conference” finally took place at 10:30 and lasted for three hours, with participants from Taiwan, South Korea and Poland offering different suggestions. Organizer Wang Dan told the station that he hoped the conference would end the divisions among overseas Chinese over the U.S. election, continue to gather strength and determination to oppose the CCP, and continue to promote the democratization of China overseas.
“And we won’t stop our steps because of the Chinese Communist Party’s disruption or interference. What should be done, we will still continue to do.” Wang Dan said.
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