China Support Network
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The China Support Network (CSN) is a U.S.-based organization promoting democracy for mainland China
. CSN provides news, commentary, information and analysis on events, issues, demonstrations and government policy related to their cause. According to the organization, it supports democratic reform, human rights, and freedom in China.
The China Support Network was founded by John Patrick Kusumi in 1989, who serves as its President. The organization opposes China's current Communist Party
-led government, and has worked with Chinese student leaders who left China following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
and continues to have a working relationship with Chinese dissidents and the Chinese democracy movement
in the United States.
The China Support Network has described the People's Republic of China as "a dysfunctional country" and the Communist Party of China as "the world's most murderous system", http://chinasupport.net/site.php?page=buzz126 and alleges that the Chinese government supports terrorist organisations, including al-Qaeda
. http://www.chinasupport.net/site.php?page=news135
CSN recently criticized the plan of Pope Benedict XVI
and the Catholic Church
to remove its embassy from Taiwan
in an effort to improve ties with the government of the People's Republic of China and its Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
. http://chinasupport.net/site.php?page=news03280601
CSN recently launched the "Freedom First, Olympics Second Coalition" (FFOSC) in support of a boycott of the 2008 Summer Olympics
in China. Members of the FFOSC include the Montagnard Foundation, Free China Movement and Dictator Watch. http://www.noolympics.org
Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
. CSN provides news, commentary, information and analysis on events, issues, demonstrations and government policy related to their cause. According to the organization, it supports democratic reform, human rights, and freedom in China.
The China Support Network was founded by John Patrick Kusumi in 1989, who serves as its President. The organization opposes China's current Communist Party
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
-led government, and has worked with Chinese student leaders who left China following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...
and continues to have a working relationship with Chinese dissidents and the Chinese democracy movement
Chinese democracy movement
The Chinese democracy movement refers to a series of loosely organized political movements in the People's Republic of China against the continued one-party rule by the Communist Party. One such movement began during the Beijing Spring in 1978 and was taken up again in the Tiananmen Square...
in the United States.
The China Support Network has described the People's Republic of China as "a dysfunctional country" and the Communist Party of China as "the world's most murderous system", http://chinasupport.net/site.php?page=buzz126 and alleges that the Chinese government supports terrorist organisations, including al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
. http://www.chinasupport.net/site.php?page=news135
CSN recently criticized the plan of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
and the Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
to remove its embassy from Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
in an effort to improve ties with the government of the People's Republic of China and its Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association , abbreviated CPA, CPCA, or CCPA, is an association of people, established in 1957 by the People's Republic of China's Religious Affairs Bureau to exercise state supervision over mainland China's Catholics...
. http://chinasupport.net/site.php?page=news03280601
CSN recently launched the "Freedom First, Olympics Second Coalition" (FFOSC) in support of a boycott of the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in China. Members of the FFOSC include the Montagnard Foundation, Free China Movement and Dictator Watch. http://www.noolympics.org