Shanghai National Party

Shanghai National Party
上海民族党
ChairpersonMa Zhao
FounderHe Anquan
FoundedJuly 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)
HeadquartersNew York City
Ideology
Party flag
Website
shanghainationalparty.com

The Shanghai National Party (Chinese: 上海民族党; pinyin: Shànghǎi mínzú dǎng) is an American-based political party advocating for Shanghai's independence. The organization was established on July 18, 2018, by He Anquan and Wang Limin in New York City.[1][2][3][4] The party's flag was inspired by that of the Shanghai International Settlement.[1]

Founder

He Anquan

He Anquan (何岸泉), the party's founder, told The Wall Street Journal that he was originally named Zhang Min when he was born in Shanghai. His grandmother died in the Chinese Civil War, and his grandfather died during the Cultural Revolution. He moved to the United States after the Tiananmen square massacre and became a citizen in 2010.[1]

Movement

On August 10, 2018, a party advertisement appeared in the North American Daily. On August 29, the party issued an "emergency statement", claiming party member Hu Chenyi was arrested and sentenced to death via electric chair upon return to Shanghai.[citation needed] Later that year, the party was registered as a nonprofit organization in New York. The party has since organized multiple anti-Beijing demonstrations in Chinatown, Queens along with Uyghurs, Xinjiang, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Falun Gong activists. Yi Lixia, the vice president of the Uyghur American Association (UAA), donated one million dollars to the party in support.[1]

In August 2019, the party hosted the "Anti-Communist Independence Movement Convention" with the UAA at Capitol Hill.[5]

On June 18, 2020, the party hosted the "Acceleration of Chinese Collapse" award ceremony at Times Square, using performance art to mock CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. During the event, He said, "Dictatorship will not make China strong again, it will only make China collapse quicker."[6]

After former president of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui's death in July 2020, He released a video in memory. In the video, the sign of the Taiwan consulate at New York City was changed to "Republic of China embassy at New York City". The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded by clarifying that the sign was photoshopped in a press release.[7] In November of that year, He started a fundraiser for Hong Kong nationalists who fled after the passing of its National Security Law.[6]

He visited Ukraine after the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]

During the Shanghai lockdown in 2022, He claimed that the quarantine methods constituted an attempted genocide of Shanghainese citizens. Members of the party organized a hunger strike at the Chinese consulate in April.[9][10][1]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "「上海民族黨」在紐約成立 反共並要求上海獨立". RFI. 2018-12-08. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  3. ^ "漫画家"变态辣椒"涉寻衅滋事被北京警方传唤" (in Chinese (China)). China Network Television. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21. 画家王立铭（网名"变态辣椒"）在家中被朝阳区将台派出所传唤。
  4. ^ "Chinese Activists Set up Party That Wants Independence — For Shanghai". Radio Free Asia. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ "美国指控五名中国政府代理人案（三）：在印第安纳的活动". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ a b "在美「上海民族黨」授予習近平「加速中國崩潰獎」". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  7. ^ "被"国安法"通缉的港人陈家驹：流亡英国的香港年青人正面临资金困难". 香港蘋果日報. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  8. ^ "Exiled Chinese dissident travels to Ukraine in bid to document war". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. ^ "旅美异见人士纽约中领馆外绝食抗议上海封城". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  10. ^ "上海封城催生自主意识抬头 沪裔美国人协会成立". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-06-29.