作者——中国民主党英国总部党员 程敏
写于2025.9.12
前几日，也即是二零二五年九月三日，中国政府举办了一场盛大的阅兵仪式以纪念“反法西斯战争与抗日战争胜利八十周年”，声势浩大，举世瞩目，也邀请了不少中国政府的“老朋友们”不远万里来捧场，我并没有观看这场“独裁者炫耀肌肉的表演”，只是扫了一眼来客名单，来客中包括连任24年的普京，连任30年的卢瓦申科，连任31年并且正在计划子承父业的拉赫蒙，可谓兄弟虽不多，各个有绝活。但来者中最引人注目的却无疑是一向以神秘示人，只热衷于搞核武器和折腾本国人民的朝鲜最高领导人——金正恩。而我就想借此谈一谈中国和朝鲜之间关于遣返脱北者这个长期以来让我痛恨至极的话题。
我们谈到脱北者，一般指的是在朝鲜因为各种原因活不下去，逃向外国（一般是韩国）的朝鲜人，这些人或是因为了解了世界的真相，或是因为饥饿将死，或是因为疾病无法得到有效治疗，但无一例外的是，在北朝鲜这样一个举世闻名的“地狱”，他们都是冒着巨大的生命危险而作出的这个决定，说一句置之死地而后生也毫不为过，而遗憾的是，和朝鲜接壤的中国却是和他们的祖国有着类似意识形态，同样漠视人权的中国，偏偏也是大多数脱北者逃向外界的第一站，这就注定了朝鲜人的逃生之路注定无比坎坷，即使成功逃出朝鲜，也并不意味着安全。甚至往往意味着要被遣返回北朝鲜，被迫承受无休止的折磨与恐惧。
中国政府遣返脱北者的理由荒唐的可笑，中共称冒着“被哨兵机枪扫射”风险偷渡国境的朝鲜脱北者为“因经济原因非法入境中国的朝鲜人”，因此对国际难民公约中的“不推回原则”视若无睹，不承认脱北者为难民，无视他们回国后会遭受的刑讯，劳改甚至屠杀，反而总是将他们集中遣返，更令人发指的是，因为韩国对脱北者有极为优厚的照料与政策，所以大多数脱北者其实只是想借由中国中转，再进入韩国大使馆，从而达到前往韩国的目的，所以中共会特意派兵把守，潜伏在韩国大使馆附近专门逮捕这些试图冲入大使馆的脱北者，让他们在距离天堂最近的一瞬间轰然堕入地狱，这一招不但毁掉了那些朝鲜人逃离地狱的希望，也令许多还在观望的朝鲜人望而生畏，不敢逃离北朝鲜。作为一个中国人，当我听到中国遣返脱北者，以及脱北者回国遭遇的时候，心中总是充满羞耻感与愤懑，羞耻于一个世界第二，自诩文明的经济现代化国家，居然与朝鲜这种现代文明世界的毒瘤蛇鼠一窝，将那些费尽千辛万苦逃离地狱的可怜人们遣送——这甚至比中共恶毒迫害本国的政治犯更令我厌恶，因为政治犯是因为追求民主，危及中共的统治，有“颠覆政权”的可能性，但脱北者，借用《我不是药神》里面的一句台词，“他们只是想活着，他们有什么罪？”，而且他们只是借道逃生，遣送他们又是为了什么呢？答案是不言而喻的，因为中共根本不在乎普通人的生命与人权，他们更看重的是与金氏家族这个独裁政权的关系，所以中共宁可与朝鲜狼狈为奸，沆瀣一气，蛇鼠一窝。
九月三日的阅兵仪式上，在我看到的几张截图和视频片段里，各种先进武器层出不穷，朋友圈充斥着对“打击范围覆盖全球”的自豪感，而习近平，普京，金正恩三位独裁者交头接耳，谈笑风生，其乐融融，俨然一副21世纪新轴心国联盟的态势，我想在未来中国仍然会一如既往地遣送脱北者，站在文明世界的对立面，继续与朝鲜，俄罗斯媾和，这不是由领导人的喜恶，性格决定的，而是独裁极权国家的基因导致的，它们注定只会和民主国家虚与委蛇，只有和同类的独裁国家才是心连心，手拉手的战友情。我也呼吁所有西方文明国家，一定要重视，认清中共的本质，不要被他们虚伪的文明外表所欺骗，不要被一时的经济利益蒙蔽了双眼，更不要低估了独裁国家伪装，渗透，蚕食的决心与能力。
Comradeship Among Dictators: From Military Parades to Repatriating North Korean Defectors
By Cheng Min, Party Member of the UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party
Written on 12 September 2025
A few days ago, on 3 September 2025, the Chinese government held a grand military parade to commemorate the “80th Anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.” The spectacle was massive, drawing global attention, and the authorities invited many of China’s so-called “old friends” to attend. I did not watch this “muscle-flexing performance by dictators,” but I glanced at the guest list. Among those present were Putin, in power for 24 years; Lukashenko, for 30 years; and Rahmon, in power for 31 years and already planning to hand the reins to his son. Few in number, perhaps, but each a specialist in clinging to power. Yet, the most eye-catching guest was undoubtedly Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader who thrives on secrecy, nuclear weapons, and tormenting his own people. This provides an apt moment to address the long-standing issue that fills me with rage: China’s repatriation of North Korean defectors.
Defectors are those who flee North Korea because life there is unbearable—whether due to exposure to the outside world’s truth, starvation, or untreated illnesses. Regardless of the reason, in a country globally recognised as “hell on earth,” their decision to escape is made at immense personal risk. It is nothing short of a life-or-death gamble. Yet tragically, their escape route often runs through China—a country that shares a similar ideology and disregard for human rights. For most defectors, China is the first stop on their path to freedom. But entering China rarely means safety. More often, it signals capture and forced repatriation to North Korea, where they face endless torture and fear.
The Chinese government’s reasoning is absurd. It labels North Korean defectors, who risk machine-gun fire from border guards, as “illegal economic migrants.” By doing so, Beijing dismisses the international principle of non-refoulement, refusing to recognise defectors as refugees, and ignoring the torture, labour camps, and even executions awaiting them back home. Even worse, because South Korea offers generous care and resettlement policies for defectors, many only hope to pass through China to reach South Korean embassies. Yet China deploys guards near these embassies to seize them just as they are about to reach freedom—dragging them back from heaven’s doorstep into hell. This not only crushes individual hopes but also deters countless others in North Korea from attempting escape.
As a Chinese citizen, I feel both shame and fury whenever I hear about these repatriations and the suffering that follows. It is shameful that a country which claims to be the world’s second-largest economy, a “modern civilisation,” colludes with North Korea, the tumour of the modern world. What is worse, repatriating these people is even more abhorrent to me than persecuting China’s own political prisoners. At least political prisoners are targeted because they challenge the Communist Party’s rule, accused of “subverting the state.” But defectors? To borrow a line from the film Dying to Survive: “They just want to live. What crime is that?” They are merely passing through in search of life itself. And why does China send them back? The answer is obvious: Beijing cares nothing for human life or rights. What it values is its relationship with the Kim family regime. It is more than willing to conspire with North Korea, becoming wolves of the same pack.
From the screenshots and video clips I saw of the parade, the message was clear: advanced weapons on display, friends boasting of “global strike capabilities,” and Xi Jinping, Putin, and Kim Jong-un whispering, laughing, radiating camaraderie. It was the image of a 21st-century Axis alliance in the making. And I am convinced that China will continue its policy of repatriating defectors, standing in opposition to the civilised world, maintaining cosy ties with North Korea and Russia. This is not about the personalities of the leaders. It is written into the DNA of totalitarian states: they can only feign civility with democracies, but their true kinship lies with fellow dictators.
I call on all Western democracies to recognise this reality. Do not be fooled by China’s veneer of civilisation. Do not let temporary economic interests blind you. And above all, do not underestimate the determination and ability of dictatorships to disguise, infiltrate, and corrode. The camaraderie among dictators is not just symbolic—it is a threat to freedom everywhere.
