04.2005 - Source: UK Home Office

Country Report April 2005 - Opposition Groups ("Country Report - April 2005") [#31975],  [ID 3565]

The report also additionally features a table with information on the following dissident groups: China Democratic Party The China Progressive Alliance The Free Labour Union of China The Liberal Democratic Party of China The Social Democratic Party of China The Chinese Nation’s People’s Party Chinese Plum Nation Party (See Annex H (page 146-148) of the report.)

"6.177 According to a report by Washington Post dated 4 July 2003; re-produced by the Dui Hua Foundation (an NGO) on their website:

“Most opposition groups are small and localized, but from time to time groups that have developed national networks are uncovered in official publications… The best sources of information about human rights violations in China are often Chinese officials themselves, speaking through officially sanctioned publications or directly to foreigners in the dozen or so official rights dialogues between China and foreign governments… Many of the names Dui Hua uncovers are connected to illegal political and religious groups. The sheer number of such groups is staggering. It is not uncommon to find, in a county gazette, the names of a half-dozen illegal political parties or religious bodies that have been operating under the noses of the local authorities for years.” [10ac]"

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