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The new year officially starts on February 1, but followers joined with Tongsong Music and Culture Promotions to jump the gun with a January 4 gala spectacular attended by about 1000 people at Hurstville Entertainment Centre.
“Metro”, one of the most widely read newspapers in Helsinki, featured a full-page article about Australian Falun Gong practitioner Dai Zhizhen and how the cruel persecution of Falun Gong has affected the life of her family.
Starting from two months ago, everyday at tourist attractions in Sydney including Chinatown, the Sydney Opera House and Macquarie Street, people can see an information van decorated with Falun Dafa truth-clarifying photos.
(SFDI) 7 February 2003 — Following a 10 day ordeal in the custody of China’s notorious secret police, Australian citizen and Falun Gong practitioner Nancy Chen was finally released on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The voices of outrage raised by media and NGO’s throughout the international community were also contributory to the happy outcome.
After the American space shuttle Columbia crashed, some rejoicing speeches appeared on Chinese websites. The noted Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo analyzed in an article published on an overseas website these unhealthy sentiments from some Chinese Internet users. Through the VOA hotline, some Chinese audiences also commented on the anti-American sentiments existing among some Chinese.
The “Nancy Chen Kidnap Case in Sichuan, China” which lasted 10 days, finally had a successful result on the Chinese New Year’s eve. This kidnapping case drew the attention of the Australian government and media.
“6-10 Office” Orders Implemented: “Report All Deaths as Suicide”. According to the police, Qunying committed suicide right in front of them by jumping from a 7th floor window.
According to eyewitnesses, a person did fall from the 7th floor that Friday morning. However…
I was shocked at learning the news that Charles Li, an American citizen, was arrested as soon as he got off the plane in China. The reason was merely that he is a Falun Gong practitioner. I would like to share some of my thoughts here.
In pre-war Nazi Germany, the attempted extermination of Jews and others Hitler considered to be “undesirable” was already underway. Millions of people lost their jobs, their homes, their possessions and their families as they were sent to concentration camps.
On January 24, Mr. Twu Shiing-Jer, the Director of Taiwan’s Health Bureau indicated that the Health Bureau intends to collaborate with Falun Gong and conduct a survey to determine the relationship between the practice of Falun Gong and reduced use of health insurance.
