LEE SIU HIN After 3 Years of COVID, A Historical U.S. Activist Delegation Returning to China (VIDEOS) 5/13-5/31/2023

Lee Siu Hin 李小轩
National Coordinator
China-US Solidarity Network
National Immigrant Solidarity Network

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(Shanghai, Site of the First National CPC Convention Museum)

On May 13-31, China-US Solidarity Network organized a 18-days U.S. activist delegation to China, organized by China-US Solidarity Network, invite Sara Flounders from the International Action Center, Arjae from Starbucks Workkers United/Workers World Party to visit Beijing, Xinjaing, YanAn, Nanjing and Shanghai, meeting with activists, officials and ordinary citizens for dialogue.This is the first delegation since COVID pandamic 3-years ago (www.ChinaDelegation.org)

We went to Urumqi and Kashgar, Xinjiang a fact-finding mission to meet with ethnic farmers to understand their life, to conter agaginst the western lies about the region. Beased on our trip and interviews, we’re producing a dcoumentray Voice of Xinjiang VoiceXJ (www.VoiceXJ.org)

This is the first series of our China fact-finding and solidarity building delegations of 2023-2024, enclosed videos from our trip, detail reports will be coming soon!

Lee Siu Hin 李小轩

5/13-5/31 2023 美国左翼访华团视频
5/13-5/31 2023 VIDEO U.S. Activist Delegation to China

北京 Beijing

5/13：北京皮村打工文化博物馆 Beijing Picun Village Workers Culture Museum
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5/13 Sunshine Beijing Saturday: Sara Flonders and Arjae, arrived to Beijing Daxing Airport this morning, immediately begin our three weeks China activist delegation tour.

First stop to Picun Village at Beijing’s Chaoyang District to visit the Working Culture Museum, met m my long-time friend Mr. Wang, and visit their nearby facilities include: schools, second-hand thrifty stores, and libraries, understand their services offer to tens of thousands of Beijing “new workers” (migrant workers) and their families in Picun, dialogue between Chinese and American activists, a very interesting visit!

5/14 北京 台湾民主自治同盟 Beijing Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
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5/14 Sunshine Beijing Sunday: The second days of the 3-weeks long U.S. activists to China delegation, with the help from my uncle Wang Gang, we visited the office of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

The League was formed after the 1947 Taiwan “228” Uprising against Kuomintang’s dictatorship in the island, and established in Hong Kong on November 12, 1947. Currently, they have approximately 3000 members and is one of the main democratic parties in China.

In addition to friendly visit and gift exchange, they showed us the Taiwan League History Museum; we had a warm exchange and looking forward to the future cooperation.

5/15 北京 八达岭长城 Beijing Badaling Great Wall
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5/15 Sunny Beijing Monday: After the important morning meeting, we went to The Badaling Great Wall, carry the flag and demand “No US war on China! ONE CHINA!”

5/16 北京 中国共产党 历史展览馆 Beijing Museum of the Communist Party of China
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5/16 Warm sunny Beijing Tueday, U.S. activists to China delegation Day Four: visit Museum of Communist Party of China; it’s a large museum only finished less then half of the exhibition, planning to finish the rest in the near future.

5/16 北大红楼 Peking University Red Bricks Building
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5/16 Warm sunny Beijing Tueday, U.S. activists to China delegation Day Four: visit Peking University’s Red Bricks Building, Museum of the Communist Party of China’s early activities in Beijing 100 years ago, led to the May Fourth movement!

5/17 北京 爱思想网 Beijing Aisixiang
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5/17 Sunshine and Warm Beijing Wednesday: The 3-weeks long U.S. activist delegation to China Day Four. In the evening we visited Aisixiang in Beijing’s Dongcheng District. They are our Chinese partners who helped us edit and produced the joint China-U.S. documentary “Vaccine and Sanctions”. We thank them for their support, and they’re agreed to continue help our next Voice of Xinjiang VoiceXJ documentary production.

乌鲁木齐 Urumqi

5/18: 繁荣和平乌鲁木齐 Peace and Prosperous Urumqi
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5/18 Sunny and warm Thursday: Our 3-weeks long U.S. activist delegation to China leaving Beijing, from Daxing Airport to Urumqi, begin our Xinjiang visit and fact findings tour.

Walking around prosperous and peaceful Urumqi, visit Shaanxi Temple, taking the subway, Grand Bazaar, and going to the dried fruits market to buy dried fruits from my friend’s shop.

5/19: 繁荣和平 水西沟 哈萨克民族新农村 Peace and Prosperous ShuiXiGou Ethnic Kazakh Village
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5/19: Sunny and warm Urumqi Friday: The seventh days of the 3-weeks U.S. activist delegation to China; and restart our Voice of Xinjiang VoiceXJ documentary production and interviews, in Xinjiang, postponed due to COVID for the past two years[抱拳][抱拳]

Today we visited Shuixigou Town in Urumqi County, a suburb of Urumqi, and visit a dairy shop opened by Kazakh families who have their own factory made dairy products.

A family of four, with parents living in factories and two daughters living in a new house. The eldest daughter has just graduated from college at the age of 23, and the youngest daughter is still in high school at the age of 17. Their family income is good, a house for their own and built a large house to rent to retired Hui ethnic veterans to open a farm products restaurant.

Their whole family has stopped farming and outsourced their land to others for cultivation. The main crops in the nearby farm areas include potatoes, sunflowers, onions, wheat, etc. Now they only produce dairy products to sell, and their income is already very good, owning car and houses. they’re very supportive of the country, the party, and the government policies.

After visiting their houses and factories, we went to the Hui people’s farm products restaurant for lunch, and had a great time for good food and meaningful discussions.

5/19 乌鲁木齐 新疆维吾尔自治区博物馆 Urumqi Museum of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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5/19 sunny and warm Friday: The seventh days of the U.S. activist
delegation to China, currently in Urumqi. In the afternoon we visit the Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. There were many visitors and the audience was very enthusiastic to watch the exhibits in detail.

As the most important cultural relics and historical display platform in Xinjiang, the Museum of the Autonomous Region has a wealth of historical information and cultural relics that introduce the development of Xinjiang and its close connection with the Chinese mainland. It showcases that Xinjiang has always been a part of the China, with multi-ethnic unity.

喀什 Kashgar

5/21 新疆 托尔塔依农场 Xinjiang Tortai Farm
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5/21 Sunshine and warm Xiaoman Chinese calendar day Sunday: The ninth day of the 3-weeks long U.S. activist delegation, arrived to the highlight of our trip: Kashgar, Xinjiang.

We drove to the Tortai Farm in Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture outside city of Kashgar; this is the second time I visited the farm since last month, for my Voice of Xinjiang VoiceXJ documentary project begin interviewing people of Xinjiang.

Tortay Farm, formerly known as Hongqi (Red Flag) Farm, was founded in 1958, it’s located on the edge of the alluvial fan of the Gaizi River, on the east side of Akto County, adjacent to Shufu County in the Kashgar region in the north, and the 41st Regiment of the Third Agricultural Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in the northeast corner.

It borders Shule County, connects with Jiamatiereke Township in the east, and connects with Pilare Township in the west and south. The area under its jurisdiction is 6 kilometers wide from east to west, 12 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 43 square kilometers and a population of about 3827 people (2010).

“Tortay” is a Uighur language, meaning “claret horse”. The straight-line distance from the field to Akto County is 8 kilometers, and it is 1.5 kilometers away from the main road from Akto County to Kashgar. The transportation is convenient. In 2010, it administered 8 production teams and 1 administrative village. The farm has 1,200 hectares of arable land and 733.3 hectares of red dates.

The average altitude is 1294.4 meters, the terrain is flat, and the groundwater level is relatively high. The climate is warm and dry, with an average annual temperature of 14°C, with an average temperature of -6.3°C in January and 25.1°C in July, and a frost-free period of 221 days. The soil is mostly saline soil and meadow soil, with a small amount of irrigated silt soil. The main canal is the Totayi Canal, which is irrigated with water from the Gezi River. The main crops are wheat, corn, rice and cotton.

Arranged by the local agricultural department officials, we visited four local Uighur families ranging from relatively low income to relatively wealthy. The first family raised sheep, camels and chickens. They used to be nomads, but now they have settled down under the arrangement of the government.

The second household is engaged in the construction industry and builds houses for nearby villagers. He learned his skills decades ago through an apprenticeship with master craftsmen.

The third family is a retired local village official in his 80s. He used to work in the local county literature and art department. After retirement, his son opened a grocery store and lived a happy and stable life.

The fourth household is a veterinarian in the village, helping the nearby villages to protect the health of the livestock. He is proud of owning and raising a sheep worth hundreds of thousands Yuan.

Regardless of their income status, each of their families has a large home, and they have received government subsidies and other preferential policies for building a house. Each family has several children, and they all go to colleges and universities to study. Especially in recent years their villages has developed much better takes and more public services. They all expressed that very grateful to the government and the Communist Party of China (CPC) policies helped them build their thriving life for their families.

After the family visit, we visited the state-owned cotton fields, It’s managed by official who’re local Han residents. The cotton fields have grown slowly since they were sown in early April, covering thousands of acres, all of which are mechanized. When we arrived, we saw irrigation trucks spraying pesticides along the farm field.. The farm official said the cotton fields were covered with canvas and herbs were planted between each row of cotton. About 800 Hector of wheat is planted between the cotton fields, as different insects from different plants eat each other, so as to achieve the effectness of insect-proof crops. The wheat grows quickly when it is seen, and it will be ready to be harvested around June next month. They implement a subcontracting system and hand over the farmland to local farmers for planting and management.

Finally, we passed by the village primary school, because no one could arrange visits on Sundays. The school teacher told me that they had more than 600 students, mainly Uighurs and Han and Tajik ethnic groups. The teaching is mainly in Mandarin, and offer one class for Uighur language.

Our visit to the farm is very excited and unique experience, the locals are all very enthusiastic about us and hope that we will come again next time. This is a very meaningful and good learning experience, and a very meaningful time for building people-to-people Sino-US friendship and exchanges.

延安 Yan’an

5/24: 延安 Yan’an
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5/24 Cloudy northern Shangxi Wednesday: The 12th days of the 3-weeks U.S. activist delegation to China, we arrived to Yan’an, the holy site of the Chinese revolution.

Yan’an has a population of 2.27 million and is already a city of considerable scale.

We visited the Yan’an Revolution Memorial Hall and the Wang Jiaping’s former Eighth Route Army Headquarters, to commemorate the revolutionary ancestors, and continue our revolutionary mission.

高铁 High-Speed Railroad

5/23-24 中国高铁大江南北之旅 High-Speed Railroad Trips Across China
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5/23-24 Cloudy northern Shangxi our U.S. activist delegation to China, our high-speed railroads trip between Xi’an – Yan’an yesterday, then today Yan’an-Xi’an-Xi’an North-Nanjing South, a 1500km (~900 miles) 7 hours trips; a beautiful scenic and high-tech experience across China.

南京 Nanjing

5/26 南京 原民国时期总统府 Nanjing Former Presidential Palace during the Republic of China Period
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5/26 cloudy Friday, the 14th days of the 3-weeks U.S. activist delegation to China, arriving to Nanjing, we visit the former Presidential Palace during the Republic of China period. It is the largest and most fully preserved architectural complex among modern Chinese architectural relics, and also one of the main representatives of Nanjing’s Republic of China prior architecture. It is an important site of modern Chinese history. It has repeatedly become the center of China’s political and military affairs and the source of major events. A series of major events in China have occurred here or are closely related to it, and many important Chinese historical figures have been active here.

It has a history of over 600 years, dating back to the Guide Marquis’s Mansion and the Han Prince’s Mansion in the early Ming Dynasty; During the Qing Dynasty, it was designated as the Jiangning Weaving Office and the Liangjiang Governor General’s Office, and was used as a palace by the Kangxi and Qianlong Southern Expeditions; After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its capital in Tianjing, a large-scale Tianwang Mansion was built here; On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat sen was sworn in as the interim President of the Republic of China, creating the Presidential Palace and later the Presidential Palace of the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

Also in here, Chiang Kai shek once commanded his military dictatorship and fascist regime, launched massacres against Communists and patriotic progressives, and had an ugly history of the “no resistance” policy towards Japan. It was also during the eight year Anti-Japanese War when Nanjing was occupied by Japan, during the Wang puppet regime, it became the headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, the Executive Office of the pseudo reform government, as well as the Legislative Office, Supervisory Office, and Examination Office of the Wang puppet government; The Eastern Court of the complex became the puppet Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Railways, and other institutions; The Western House of the National Government became the pseudo military Senate.

In addition to visiting the historical site, it is important to review the past and learn our complex history.

5/28: 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆 The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
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5/28：南京 雨花台烈士陵园 Yuhuatai Revolutionary Martyrs Monument
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5/28: U.S. activist delegation China arriving to Nanjing: We visited the The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, and the Yuhuatai Revolutionary Martyrs Monument with great respect.

Over 300 thousands people were killed when Japan invade and occupy Nanjing on December, 1937.

At Yuhuatai, between 1920s to 1940s tens of thousands of communists, revolutionaries and progressive activists were secretly executed here, as of today only 1500s were able to identified.

Remembering the victims who perished in the Japanese invasion of China, and the Chinese revolutionary martyrs. In the current complex global environment, we all need work hard to protect my coubtry, and to buikd global peace solidarity!

5/28: 南京 渡江胜利纪念馆 Nanjing Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River Victory Memorial Hall
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5/28: U.S. activist delegation to China visit Nanjing, we visited the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River Victory Memorial Hall, to commemorate the majir historical event of millions of Chinese liberation army crossing the Yangtze River to liberate the entire China more than 70 years ago on April 20, 1949!

上海 Shanghai

5/30 上海 革命圣地参观 Shanghai Revolutionary Historical Sites Visits
5/30 上海 革命圣地参观: 中共一大会址 Shanghai Revolutionary Historical Sites Visits: Site of the First National Congress of the CPC
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5/29-30 at the last stop of our 18-days U.S. activist delegation to China, arriving to Shanghai.

With rich of modern Chinese revolutionary history, we visited the Fuxing Park’s Marx and Engels Square, the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the site of the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the site of the civilian girls’ school, the preparation office of the First National Congress of the CPC (The former editorial office of the “New Youth”), the memorial site of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China, and the Shanghai History Museum, all of which are located in Central Shanghai’s Huangpu District within around 2 km radius area.

With strong respects, we remembering the footsteps of revolutionary giants a hundred years ago.

5/30 上海 革命圣地参观: 中共二大会址、平民女校旧址 Shanghai Revolutionary Historical Sites Visits: Site of the Second National Congress of the CPC, Site of the Civilan Girls’ School
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Unlike the nearby famous site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China (Memorial Hall of the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China), located at No. 30, Lane 7, Old Chengdu North Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai (formerly No. 625 Fudelhi, South Chengdu Road). The Second National Congress of the CPC was held here from July 16 to 23, 1922. The congress was attended by members of the Central Bureau, representatives of local Party organizations, and some representatives who returned home after attending the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and a nationa communist &l revolutionary group in the Far East. The site of the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China is the birthplace of the first CPC Party Constitution.

5/30 上海 革命圣地参观: 青年革命足迹中国共产党发起组成立地（《新青年》编辑部）旧址、团中央机关旧址
5/30 Shanghai Revolutionary Historical Sites Visits: Revolutionary Youth Footsteps
The preparation office of the First National Congress of the CPC (The former editorial office of the “New Youth”), the memorial site of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China
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5/29-30 at the last stop of our 18-days U.S. activist delegation to China, arriving to Shanghai. We continue visit the preparation office of the First National Congress of the CPC (The former editorial office of the “New Youth”), the memorial site of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China,

With rich of modern Chinese revolutionary history, we visited the Fuxing Park’s Marx and Engels Square, the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the site of the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the site of the civilian girls’ school, the preparation office of the First National Congress of the CPC (The former editorial office of the “New Youth”), the memorial site of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China, and the Shanghai History Museum, all of which are located in Central Shanghai’s Huangpu District within around 2 km radius area.

With strong respects, we remembering the footsteps of revolutionary giants a hundred years ago.

All these revolutionary sites are not far apart, within a radius of approximately 1 kilometer (~3/4 miles).

The preparation office of the First National Congress of the CPC (The former editorial office of the “New Youth”), is located at No. 2, Lane 100, Nanchang Road. It is a brick and wood structure old Shikumen Alley residence with a history of more than 100 years.

The memorial site of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China, was founded in the spring of the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920). After Dai Jitao moved out of Yuyangli, the representative of the Communist International, Vikinsky, and Yang Mingzhai, a member of the Communist Group in Shanghai, proposed to set up the Sino Russian News Agency (later renamed the Sino Russian News Agency) in Yuyangli. When discussing with Chen Duxiu about the establishment of the CPC, the Sino Russian News Agency became one of the important venues for the communists in Shanghai on the eve of the founding of the CPC; In April, preparations for the first celebration of May Day International Labour Day in Shanghai were carried out at the Sino Russia News Agency; On April 29, the Sino Russia News Agency was searched by the French Concession patrol house, and the promotional materials commemorating the May Day Preparatory Committee were confiscated; In May, the Socialist Youth League suspended its activities because Yu Xiusong went to Russia to participate in the Second Congress of the Youth Communist International; On August 22, under the leadership of the early organization of the CPC and the advocacy of Chen Duxiu, the leader of the Communist Group in Shanghai, eight young people, including Yu Xiusong, Li Hanjun, Chen Wangdao, Yuan Zhenying, Ye Tiandi, Jin Jiafeng, Shi Cuntong, Shen Xuanlu, initiated the establishment of China’s first socialist youth league, the Shanghai Socialist Youth League, with Yu Xiusong as the secretary, Yuyangli has become the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League (the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League); In September, the Shanghai Communist Group established the “Foreign Language Society” as a cover in Yuyang, with a white background and black lettering “Foreign Language Society” sign hanging at the entrance.

From the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920) to the tenth year of the Republic of China (1921), under the cover of the “Foreign Language Society”, Liu Shaoqi, Luo Yinong, Ren Bishi, Xiao Jinguang, Xu Zhizhen, Wang Yifei, Wang Shouhua, Ke Qingshi and other progressive young people grew rapidly in the central gate of the Chinese Socialist Youth League, and later joined the early work of the CPC.

5/30 上海历史博物馆 Shanghai History Museum
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The last stop of our 18-days U.S. delegation to China in Shanghai is the Shanghai History Museum. Covering an area of 10000 square meters, it was originally the building of Shanghai Jockey Club in the old colonial era of Shanghai. It is a landmark museum that comprehensively reflects the 6000 year long pre-historical to revolutionary history of Shanghai. The total collection is about 110000 pieces, covering the display of historical relics from ancient times to revolution in Shanghai.

文化、美食
Culture, Food

Beijing 北京

5/17: 古老北京 后海、故宫 Ancient Beijing Hiuhai, Forbidden Palace
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5/13-17 文化美食北京 Culture & Cuisine Beijing
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喀什 Kashgar

5/20-22: 新疆喀什 Kashgar Xinjiang
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5/20-22: U.S. activist delegation to China arrived to Kashgar, Xinjiang-the high point for our trip. Kashgar is one of the most important historical city on the ancient Silk Road; walking through the Old Town Kashgar, tasting delicious food, and visit Xiangfei Tomb, it’s the beautiful and clean city with full of romantic memories.

西安 Xi’an

5/23: 古老西安 Ancient Xian
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5/23, sunny and warm Tuesday: The 11th days of the 3-weeks long U.S. activist delegation to China, arriving to the Chinese ancient capital of Xi’an, rest for a day to visit historical Xi’an.

Few days earlier, they just hosted the China-Central Asia Summit; Xian is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, and an important city along the the Belt and Road project.

We visit the Museum of the Terra Cotta Warriors of the King of Qin Shi, watch Empress Wu’s musical show in the evening, take the Xian subway to walk around ancient city walls, lively downtown, and talk about the dirty and danger of New York subway system.

南京 Nanjing

5/27 南京 浪漫书店之旅 Nanjing Romantic Bookstores Visit
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5/27 Sunshine romantic Nanjing Saturday: I finally found our book “Capitalism On A Ventilator” co-edited by Sara Flooders, at the actual bookstore on Librairie Avant-Garde (Mount Wutai Store).

5/26-28 南京美食 Nanjing Cuisine
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上海 Shanghai

5/29-31: 上海美景, 美食 Shanghai Beauty, Crusine
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The last stop of our 18-days U.S. delegation to China in Shanghai, The Bund, beautiful scenery, community cafeteria, café, and delicious food. It comes to a complete conclusion after a happy and tense visits, the delegation depart from Shanghai Pudong Airport returning to U.S.

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