Historical recovery status: Archived media-coverage page located on FreeChina.net.
A FreeChina.net media-coverage page preserves an Agence France-Presse report dated January 4, 1999 concerning plans to establish a Chinese Labor Party. AFP quoted Shengde Lian, identified as executive director of the Free China Movement, describing the proposed organization as focused on worker interests and monitoring the ruling party rather than immediately seeking to become the governing party.
This recovery record summarizes the historical coverage and does not republish the article in full. Numerical, legal and political assertions in the original report remain source-attributed.
Provenance
- Outlet: Agence France-Presse
- Original report date: January 4, 1999
- Historical FreeChina.net file:
/coverage/english/99010411.htm - Recovery classification: Archived Media Coverage