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The most critical strategy in the Falun Gong suppression campaign, therefore, was to convince people to reclassify the Falun Gong into a number of "negatively charged religious labels", like "evil cult", "sect", or "superstition".
Aug 8, 2020 · Now, every time a media outlet outside of China criticises Falun Gong, the Falun Gong community have the ability to pull out the “we’re being persecuted” card — as if they’re being ...
Jul 19, 2020 · A religious movement that emerged in China in the mid-1990s, Falun Gong surged in popularity nationwide before it was banned and brutally suppressed on the mainland in 1999. But it continues to...
Jun 20, 2024 · Falun Gong, controversial Chinese spiritual movement founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992. The movement’s sudden prominence in the late 1990s became a concern to the Chinese government, which branded it a “heretical cult.”.
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Sep 5, 2018 · Falun Gong, which means “law wheel practice” in Chinese, is a set of meditation exercises and texts that preach the virtues of truth, benevolence and forbearance.
Jul 20, 2020 · A joint Foreign Correspondent-Background Briefing investigation delves into the world of Falun Gong and its mysterious leader. It was a hot and humid day in rural New York state as Anna and her mother sat in the small room next to the grand Tang Dynasty-style temple, waiting for him to appear.
The Chinese government had alleged that Falun Gong was an "evil cult" or "heretical sect" and had used that official rationale to justify to ban and eliminate the movement. An extra-constitutional body called the 6-10 Office was created to lead the persecution of Falun Gong.
