Zhang Jiuhai, a Beijing resident, died in early 2023, about one and half years after he was released from serving a 4-year term for practicing Falun Gong. He was 56.
When Zhang was first arrested in 2000 for practicing Falun Gong, he was only 33.
Zhang was predeceased by both of his parents. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, the three of them were arrested one after another and spent limited time together.
Falun Gong is a mind and body practice based on universal principles of truth, compassion, and tolerance. Since its introduction in 1992, the cultivation practice has benefited more than a hundred million practitioners worldwide….