First Day of the Fourth Plenary Session: Viral Video Shows “Crowds Storm Tiananmen Square”

Dark clouds loom over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

[People News] On the first day of the CCP’s Fourth Plenary Session, October 20, a video produced with AI depicting a “post-Communist era” went viral across multiple online platforms. Netizens called it “the dream of the Chinese people.”

In the video, the people first take to the streets. Crowds surge into Tiananmen Square, unfurling banners reading “Down with the Communist Party,” chanting slogans as they break through the cordon of armed police and take down the portrait of the CCP’s former leader Mao Zedong. Across the country, slogans like “Always follow the Party” are removed, replaced by calls for “freedom of speech,” “ballots,” and “the people’s right to choose.”

The narration says that massive demonstrations erupt simultaneously across the nation, with citizens dismantling CCP emblems and national crests, calling for an end to one-party dictatorship. From eastern coastal cities to rural villages, protests fill the streets and alleys.

The scene then shifts: new leaders announce at a congress that they will draft a constitution to protect every person’s human rights and freedoms in the country. The CCP’s blood-red flag is lowered; Mao’s statue is toppled. In 2025, elections for mayor begin in Shanghai, with polls broadcast on television.

Meanwhile, numerous political cases from the Communist era are reopened; political prisoners are released and reunite emotionally with their families. People gain voting rights, happily lining up to cast ballots. In schools, teachers announce good news: at the request of Congress, schools will now dismiss at 4 p.m., and students cheer with joy.

Notably, the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall is officially renamed the Transitional Justice Memorial, and Mao’s casket is removed.

On June 4, a film commemorating the Tiananmen massacre, Beijing Beijing, breaks box office records, earning 500 million yuan on opening day. The Transitional Justice Commission plaque is unveiled; a Workers’ Rights Act is passed. Meanwhile, Party officials who committed crimes through corruption and other illegal acts during the final years of Communist rule are tried in courts of justice…

The Communist Party’s Fall AI Video link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1lYM8lFa49Q

The video sparked heated discussion online. Some netizens said, “I was almost moved to tears.” “I know it’s AI, but how I wish it were real!” “Everyone’s sharing it—this is truly the Chinese people’s dream!” “If this day comes, there will still be hope for the Chinese nation.”

The video’s creator, Yang Ruohui, is the founder and president of the Canadian-based Chinese student anti-Communist group “Citizens’ Association.” He declared that he relinquishes all production and copyright claims for the video and its script, allowing anyone to freely use it anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances.

In an interview, Yang said he made the video in one afternoon over the weekend (October 19). The Fourth Plenary Session served as a catalyst, though he had long considered ideas such as “post-democracy China,” “Shanghai mayoral elections,” and “transitional justice.” He said, “These are things that can uplift and inspire people, because you must first catch a glimpse of what light looks like before you have the drive to pursue a bright future.”

“Transitional justice” refers to the political process by which governments emerging from dictatorship or authoritarian rule address past abuses, assign responsibility, and compensate victims—for example, Taiwan’s post-martial-law transitional justice and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission after apartheid.

Yang said the video reflects his own vision for a democratic China: “In my imagination, after the Communist Party steps down, the first priority is to ensure human rights, democracy, and rule of law. Most importantly, to ensure that another authoritarian regime will never rise again. Education of citizens and handling of former Party members must be done very cautiously—unlike the CCP’s chaotic purges and killings—through legal, rights-based, and procedural means.”

“During China’s democratization, if CCP officials, police, or soldiers—even high-ranking Party members—make contributions during the transition, then transitional justice should not be purely a legal tool; there can be some room for compensation,” he added.

Yang was once a moderate reformist. But Xi Jinping’s 2018 constitutional amendment, he said, made him realize that “the Communist Party is completely illogical.” Especially by 2019, the Hong Kong anti-extradition movement fully exposed how much the Party disregards systems and treaties. “The treaties it signs become mere historical documents; it changes the constitution at will; the president gets unanimous approval without scrutiny—it treats the country’s stability and continuity like a child’s game.”

He said that in China he had no access to the true history, reality, or data about Chinese society, economy, or livelihoods—only CCP propaganda. After going abroad and encountering diverse, truthful information, he realized that “the fall of the Communist Party would be the greatest blessing for the Chinese people—the CCP is the most malicious organization in the world today, violating the rights and interests of the Chinese people.”

In July this year, the Hudson Institute in the United States released a report titled China After Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP Era, written by experts in military intelligence, economics, human rights, transitional justice, and constitutional governance. It discusses preliminary measures to take after the CCP regime collapses and possible long-term trajectories for a stabilized post-CCP China.

The report analyzes from multiple perspectives the likelihood of the CCP’s imminent collapse, urging the world—and especially Chinese society—to prepare both materially and spiritually. All evidence points to the fact that even though the CCP has survived past crises by luck, this time a sudden collapse is not unimaginable.

Yang believes that if the Communist Party continues its brutal rule, it will be a nightmare. He said the purpose of making the video is to lift morale, hoping as many people as possible will see it and start thinking about transitional justice, China’s political system, and democratization.

“I’m especially grateful to all the netizens who loved this video. In the future, I may produce more mature and refined ones. I also hope everyone can work together so that one day, the AI scenes in these videos can become reality in our documentaries,” he said.

(Source: The Dajiyuan) △