Dissidence and protest against the CCP occurs all the time in China, not just Hong Kong. Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the totalitarian regime in mainland China averaged just under 100,000 incidents per year. By 2010, there were 180,000 incidents that year. No figures since. The likes of Andrew 'China' Forrest, and others who make billions out of telling us that the Chinese Communist government just wants to be friends and trade with us should get among ordinary Chinese and see what its like for them. They wouldn't be allowed to, of course, and the money is too good for them to face reality.

Any Australian touting for China is no better than the Communists themselves. They have no conscience, no morals and no humanity.

“In late 2019, the UN Human Rights Council heard testimony that alleged the internment camps were also being used as a source for China’s illicit organ trade. This month, the story broke that the US seized an import of 13 tons of human hair suspected to be from Chinese internment camps. This is the second such seizure in year of Chinese hair products, which amount to some $6 billion worth of exports annually from China. The reports indicate that China is forcibly shaving the heads of prisoners in internment camps for profit.

In addition to China’s human rights violations of its own citizens, China is cozying up to other destructive countries such as Iran. Iranian media reported that the two countries are working on a 25-year memorandum for economic benefit that could potentially include a $260 billion investment from China in Iran’s gas and oil industry. Additionally, China has publicly opposed extending sanctions on Iran, and both Russia and China could potentially sell weapons to Iran as early as October, should an arms embargo on Iran not be extended”.

https://www.jpost.com/international/chinas-increasingly-oppressive-actions-show-dangerous-global-trend-63408

As well as the 'do not travel warning' to China because of the Wuhan generated virus, Australian foreign affairs has issued another warning against travel to the Communist country because of the risk of arbitrary detention there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectification_of_names

“Rectification of Names (Chinese: pinyin: Zhèngmíng; Wade–Giles: Cheng-ming). Confucius was asked what he would do if he was a governor. He said he would "rectify the names" to make words correspond to reality.”

Could the CCP be labeled a terrorist organization?

Former foreign Minister Julia Bishop is urging Australia to do
more quiet diplomacy behind the scenes to convince China to
sign up to an independent global inquiry into the handling of
the corona virus.

Ms Bishop said Australia's push for a global review also needed
to include other countries handling of the global pandemic
including the US and Europe so it wasn't squarely aimed at the
initial outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Speaking at a virtual Lowy Institute event alongside former
Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans
Ms Bishop said Australia needed to conduct
"some calm and considered diplomacy" behind
the scenes, rather than in the media spotlight.

There's more at the following link:

http://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julia-bishop-urges-calm-and-considered-diplomacy-with-beijing-20200512-p54sbw.html

Dear David,

You ask -

Should the CCP be classed as a terrorist organisation?

In my books - yes of course.

But then so should other totalitarian regimes - past and present
be (have been).

Julie Bishop and Gareth Evans would say that.

But, nice talks has had its day.

The CCP is out to undermine Australia, and would only laugh at such efforts.