Wang Xizhe / FCM

"We are very angry. We lodge a strong protest."

Shengde Lian / FCM

"Dr. Wang's harsh sentence... has galvanized the pro-democracy movement everywhere. Protests in Washington DC and in other cities around the world are in the planning stages. Dr. Wang's cause will not die, even as he remains in prison. The peaceful struggle to end China's era of totalitarian rule is rising once again."

Yongjun Zhou / FCM

"Dr. Wang's trial took place only after its verdict and sentence was pre-ordained. The case of Dr. Wang was politically motivated. Its purpose was to link legitimate political dissent to terrorism. What we have here is not a case of Dr. Wang committing terrorism acts, but of the Communist government engaging in terrorist acts against pro-democracy dissidents."

Timothy Cooper / FCM

"What Beijing dreads most is waking up one day to find the head of the Chinese pro-democracy movement fitted on the body of the country's fledgling labor movement. [Dr. Wang was] one of the few people who could accomplish this feat."

Paul Risenhoover / FCM

"Whereas the Soviets had many 'show' trials, the communist Chinese only have 'no trials' with no evidence, no witnesses, no defense, no rights, and no due process."

Dan Yi / IFCSS

"More than one generation of Chinese students have benefited from Dr. Wang's efforts. The veterans of IFCSS would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his leadership in the early years. Let us carry on the cause for democracy and human rights."

Wei Jingsheng / OCDC

"Once again, this is an indication that the policy of tolerance and appeasement that the international society and American government has adopted to the Chinese dictator government has permitted the Chinese human rights condition to go backwards.

"According to Chinese law, if he did not enter China and violated Chinese law there, the Chinese court does not have legal jurisdiction over him. Instead, it should be the jurisdiction of the courts in the USA and Canada.

"We appeal to the US government and the Canadian government to come forward for fairness and justice, to request the jurisdiction rights of the American courts and the Canadian courts over the case of Dr. Wang."

Wang Dan

"There is no evidence to substantiate the charges [against Dr. Wang]. China should not see dissidents who have visited Taiwan as spies, and Chinese pro-democracy activists have never resorted to violence or taken terrorist actions."

Yan Jiaqi

"Mainland Chinese dissidents are peaceful and rational. The charges against Wang Bingzhang can hardly be true."

Xue Wei / Beijing Spring

"[Urges] all human rights groups in the world to give Wang Bingzhang a helping hand."

John Kusumi / CSN

"This is unifying the cause, and bringing it back to world attention. Beijing's CCP will come to look back on this move as a mistake. We add one more reason to justify the worldwide boycott of 'Made in China' goods."

OVERSEAS CHINESE DISSIDENTS TO STAGE CROSS COUNTRY RALLIES TO CONDEMN CHINA'S BARBARIC LIFE SENTENCE OF DR. WANG BINGZHANG

Rallies to take place in New York City and Los Angeles

Washington, DC--The Free China Movement is announcing two major rallies to take place on opposite ends of the country. The first is scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2003 in New York City at the Sheraton Hotel at 1:00 p.m. Please contact Yongjun Zhou at (202) 255 6166 or Sun Yun at (718) 793-9638 for more information.

It will be sponsored by the Campaign to Free Dr. Wang Bingzhang. The speakers will include: Family members of Dr. Wang, Dr. Wang Bingwu of Toronto, Wang Yuhua from Canada, leaders of the Free China Movement, the editor of Huang Hua Gang Magazine, and representatives from various Chinese pro-democracy organizations.

The second rally is scheduled for Sunday, February 16 at the People's Republic of China Consulate, 443 Shattto Place, Los Angeles, CA 90020, from 4:30 - 6:30pm.

It will be sponsored by China Democracy Movement organizations and LA Association of Film and Movie Artists. Speakers will include: Dr. Wang's daughter, Wang Qingyan, and Dr. Wang's sister, Julie Wang, of Los Angeles.

Dr. Wang Bingzhang was sentenced this week to life in prison on trumped up espionage and terrorism charges. Dr. Wang was kidnapped on the Vietnam/China border last June by Chinese agents, held incommunicado for six months by the Chinese government although denying that they held him, and then convicted in a one day trial, and shortly thereafter sentenced to life in prison.

Edited by Zhongxiao according to China Support Network (CSN)