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According to a Washington Post report, it was Jiang Zemin who issued the order to label Falun Gong a "cult." In Mainland China, the term xiejiao has been used to target religious organizations that do not submit to Communist Party authority.
4 days ago · 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.”
Aug 8, 2020 · The dominant narrative about Falun Gong among Western media is about a peaceful, if eccentric, group of people who adhere to some strange beliefs, and who are being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party.
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.
Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice and system of beliefs that combines the practice of meditation with the moral philosophy articulated by its leader and founder, Li Hongzhi.
Sep 5, 2018 · In fact, the meditators are practising a prescribed set of exercises from Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline which China banned in 1999 and calls an “evil cult”.
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.
May 27, 2023 · Authorities in the United States have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing against the exiled anti-communist Falun Gong spiritual...
Falun Gong is a spiritual practice whose key features are five meditative qigong exercises and teachings reminiscent of Buddhist and Taoist traditions, with particular emphasis placed on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance (Zhen-Shan-Ren in Chinese).
Jul 25, 2020 · Former followers allege there’s a cult-like abhorrence of modern medicine that’s claimed lives. “In Falun Gong the teachings are, you don’t acknowledge illnesses”, says one ex-devotee.
