In Western societies, many people believe it was the Chinese government’s decision to persecute Falun Gong, and that after Jiang was no longer in power, his influence would remain the same. Is this the reality? Some facts are listed below to provide a brief discussion of this issue:
Four Falun Dafa followers are staging a three-day hunger strike in New Zealand.
Ms. Li Ying, a Falun Gong practitioner and resident of Youyan Street, Wanghua District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, was kidnapped and beaten to death by Chinese police on April 2nd, 2003, according to sources in China.
We’re talking about an authoritarian government with a legacy of tens of millions of murders that claims it has always served the best interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people; it will later censor SARS coverage after supposedly coming clean about its cover-up.
Five practitioners of Falun Gong from Jilin Province have died due to physical and psychological torture inflicted in Chinese detention centers and labor camps.
Story of Ms. Jia Dongmei’s death at the hands of Hebei Forestry Bureau “610 Office” and detention center. She suffered long-term persecution because she persisted in her belief in Falun Dafa. She was tortured to death on May 19, 2003.
The concessions announced on Saturday would notably see the removal of a provision enabling authorities to proscribe organisations banned in China, including the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
President of Hong Kong Reporters Association Ms. Cheong Bingling said that the amendment could not eliminate the concerns of the association. Adding public interest as a defense only answered one of the demands of the media circle.
The TV channels that usually report Hong Kong news in Guangdong Province were showing other programs, and the Chinese media reported only celebration activities held by the Hong Kong government.
Fears over the whereabouts of a Beijing-based
member of the Falungong spiritual movement grew Sunday after she was
reportedly arrested by mainland Chinese State security.
