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Falun Gong
Falun Gong. A new syncretistic religious movement founded in
China in 1992 by Li Hung-chih, which blends together elements of
Buddhism and
Taoism in order to generate a spiritual awakening similar to the Buddhist experience of
bodhi. Followers seek to cultivate moral values such as honesty, truthfulness, patience, and goodwill, which they believe will free them from
rebirth as well as cumulatively transforming society. The movement, which has some 15 million members, has been persecuted by the Chinese government and many of its leading members are in prison. Li Hung-chih fled the country and now lives in New York.
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FALUN GONG AND HUMAN RIGHTS:CHEN YONGLIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 7/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...Australia implement a policy of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. According to my knowledge, the persecution on the Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party...Since the CCP declared a war against Falun Gong practitioners in June 1999, the...
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FALUN GONG FOLLOWERS CALL CHINESE MOVEMENT A SELF-IMPROVEMENT PRACTICE.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/27/2003; 700+ words
; ...setting is ideal for practitioners of Falun Gong, a discipline of meditation and...the climate is anything but serene for Falun Gong practitioners in China, where the movement began in 1992. Viewing Falun Gong as a threat to political stability...
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Falun Gong arrests continue in Beijing.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/28/1999; 700+ words
; ...police in Beijing carted off scores of Falun Gong members who were gathering quietly...bill aimed at curbing cults in China. The Falun Gong movement has now been officially branded...blackmail. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Falun Gong members have flocked to Beijing to...
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Falun Gong Seized City's State-Run TV to Broadcast Message
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; The banned Falun Gong spiritual movement staged a takeover...group, state-run media reported today. Falun Gong members cut into the cable network...and one of the most daring protests by Falun Gong since the government condemned it...
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Falun Gong Poses Test in Hong Kong; Beijing Tries to Extend Its Crackdown
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...There are perhaps 500 members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in this city of...China ratchets up its campaign to crush Falun Gong, the group's tiny Hong Kong branch...govern itself for 50 years. China banned Falun Gong in 1999, describing it as an "evil...
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'FALUN DAFA: Public Introduction on the Mall' to be Held June 20
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/14/1999; 671 words
; ...Advisory: The following was released today by FALUN DAFA practitioners in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area: "FALUN DAFA: Public Introduction on the Mall...C. The program includes the demo of Falun Gong exercises, introduction of FALUN...
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Falun Gong is ready as mainlanders go to Taiwan With direct flights, sect sees 2nd chance
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...International Herald Tribune 07-04-2008 Falun Gong is ready as mainlanders go to Taiwan...meters, or 20 feet away, 10 members of Falun Gong, the spiritual group outlawed as...people," he said. But when one of the Falun Gong members, Jou Chi-ying, 68, approached...
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FALUN GONG MEMBERS SPEAK OUT DENVER WOMEN RECOUNT PERSECUTION THEY ENDURED WHILE LIVING IN CHINA.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...They're part of a growing number of Falun Gong practitioners seeking safety in the...Margaret S. Choi, who started seeing Falun Gong cases after a government crackdown...Last year, Choi handled three or four Falun Gong political asylum cases, but by the...
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Falun Gong: What's Behind the Movements?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the only group alarmed by the spread of Falun Gong, a term used to describe both a set...the exercises. "I don't see how the Falun Gong exercises could work" to promote...Massachusetts. "Qigong strengthens the body. Falun Gong strengthens the soul for salvation...
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Falun Gong Protests in Hong Kong
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-13-2001 Falun Gong Protests in Hong Kong HONG KONG...cult'' members by Beijing, hundreds of Falun Gong followers converged on mainland China...infuriate China's ruling Communist Party, as Falun Gong took advantage of Hong Kong's free...
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Falun Gong
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Falun Gong Falun Gong is one of several groups based in China whose belief and practice...Federation. In 1992, Li Hongzi withdrew from the federation and through Falun Gong has spread his own peculiar teachings based upon the traditional practice...
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Falun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Falun , city (1990 pop. 33,256), capital...founded (1347) to operate the copper mines of Falun (no longer mined). The company, which...well as in hydroelectric power. Of note in Falun is a 17th-century church, the Kristine...
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Gahn, Johan Gottlieb
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...xE5; ker, Sweden, 19 August 1745; d . Falun, Sweden, 8 December 1818) mineralogy...to the copper smelting processes at the Falun mine in the Kopparberg district. For four...installed at his own expense in his garden at Falun. Although he seldom took the time to write...
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Zhong Gong
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...followers. However, in 1999, in the wake of the crackdown on the Falun Gong group, it was also singled out for repressive measures...elements appeared to contradict government authority (as with Falun Gong). However, in December of 1999, police closed the Zhong...
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Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB S-791 80 Falun Sweden (023) 800 00 Fax: (023) 138 58 Public Company Incorporated...company. Peasant farmers began mining the copper mountain near Falun in central Sweden around the year 1000. The first documentary...
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