Historical recovery status: Verified Mirror Recovery. Original statement dated July 7, 2003; a contemporaneous copy was posted to the alt.chinese.text discussion system on July 8, 2003 and is preserved by Google Groups.
Recovered historical record
The statement, issued in the names of Free China Movement convenor Wang Xizhe and convenor/executive director Shengde Lian, denied that the organization had held a purported June 28 “all-members meeting” in New York, denied a claim that Shengde Lian had been removed from his executive position, and denied issuing a purported “Free China Movement Board Statement (Draft).”
The historical notice characterized the disputed Internet postings as unauthorized and stated that the organization reserved its rights regarding false attribution. This archive entry records what the dated statement itself asserted; it does not independently adjudicate the underlying organizational dispute.
Provenance
- Original date: July 7, 2003
- Preserved copy posted: July 8, 2003
- Preserved source: Google Groups / alt.chinese.text, post titled “自由中国运动召集人王希哲、召集人兼执行主任连胜德申明”
- Historical FreeChina.net evidence: the preserved notice includes FreeChina.net email addresses for the named contacts.
- Recovery classification: Verified Mirror Recovery
- Recovery date: September 18, 2026
Archival note: The complete surviving mirror should be treated as a historical primary-source copy. Present-day descriptions of offices, authority, or organizational status should not be inferred from this 2003 record alone.
Preserved source: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.chinese.text/c/TjGMzlxqgNQ