RED FLAG ALERT: Major US city plans to raise the Chinese flag in a bizarre celebration of communism

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Below is an excerpt from an opinion editorial written by Victoria Coates and Rich Zeoli, for Fox News: On Sept. 30, Philadelphia’s Office of Immigrant Affairs plans to hoist the red flag emblazoned with the star of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in front of city hall to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of the CCP.

You might think this is some sort of sick joke, but no. It’s not even the first; the City of Brotherly Appeasement has flown the CCP flag twice before (in 2017 and 2019). It was a disgrace then, and it’s a disgrace now. All city residents should reject the leadership of Philadelphia’s campaign to betray our founding principles to virtue signal tolerance and diversity — a demonstration of weakness that China is only too happy to exploit.

In Philadelphia, we hoist many things, notably cheesesteaks, Super Bowl flags and occasionally ourselves on greased streetlight poles in moments of celebration. Historically, Philadelphians jubilantly lifted the first printed copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution fresh from John Dunlap’s press. All of these raisings carried more than a little air of defiance against the sort of authoritarianism represented by the CCP.

Yet as we prepare to celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary next year, that quintessential spirit of 1776 appears to be in jeopardy. Communist China has emerged under President Xi Jinping as the polar opposite of everything Philadelphia has traditionally represented. The CCP is increasingly recognized as the single greatest national security threat to the United States in the 21st century.

The proposed event is being sponsored by the Pennsylvania United Chinese Coalition, which is part of a network of such organizations attempting to boost the CCP’s reputation and reach within the U.S. under the guise of cultural exchange. But their website also reveals their staunch opposition to Taiwan’s independence and their commitment to “peaceful” cross-strait unification.

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Byron Wan also sounded the alarm: “The City of Philadelphia is co-hosting a 🇨🇳-raising ceremony with Pennsylvania Chinese United Coalition (宾州华人侨团联盟) on Sep 30. Other Chinese hometown associations such as Greater Philadelphia Fujian Hometown Association (大费城福建同乡会) are also participating in the CCP event.”

Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) is demanding the city cancel the China flag-raising ceremony, and posted the following video Monday afternoon.

In a press release last week, Moolenaar wrote, “”The city where America declared independence and that all people have the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, should not raise the flag of an authoritarian regime represented by the Chinese Communist Party, which denies those freedoms to its own people. Raising the flag of the People’s Republic of China over Philadelphia is a disgrace to our nation’s founding values and flies in the face of all the courageous dissidents and human rights advocates who tirelessly work to bring freedom to the Chinese people.”

“The Five-Star Red Flag, embodying the totalitarian government led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), represents a regime that is persecuting spiritual people of all faiths, including the genocide of Uyghur Muslims. It is a government that actively subsidizes the precursor chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl, which has killed or harmed millions of Americans. It is a Communist Party-State that is diametrically opposed to American values and working to undermine our interests worldwide. The city government of Philadelphia should cancel the raising of the national flag of a foreign adversary country,” Moolenaar warned in a letter to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker.

“Our great city should be celebrating the Stars and Stripes not bending the knee to the star of communist China!” Coates wrote, sharing a link to the op-ed.

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