Tag: Falun Gong

Stories of State-Sanctioned Murder, Abuse Highlighted at Religious Freedom Summit

February 2, 2023
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As Beijing staged a dazzling $100 million spectacle hosting the Winter Olympics last year, Ji Yunzhi lay dying up north in a Chinese hospital. She had a mere breath left after the rounds of torture inflicted on her meant to scare her into renouncing her faith. Iron ankle fetters and handcuffs chained her to the hospital…

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Stories of State-Sanctioned Abuse, Murder Highlight Importance of First Amendment

February 2, 2023
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As Beijing staged a dazzling $100 million spectacle hosting the Winter Olympics last year, Ji Yunzhi lay dying up north in a Chinese hospital. She had a mere breath left after the rounds of torture inflicted on her, hoping to scare her into renouncing her faith. Iron ankle fetters and handcuffs chained her to the hospital…

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Victims of Communist China’s Assault on Faith Speak in Support of Religious Freedom

February 2, 2023
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As Beijing staged a dazzling $100 million spectacle hosting the Winter Olympics last year, Ji Yunzhi lay dying up north in a Chinese hospital. She had a mere breath left after the rounds of torture inflicted on her meant to scare her into renouncing her faith. Iron ankle fetters and handcuffs chained her to the hospital…

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Chinese Activists Connect With Universal Message in Article by Founder of Falun Gong

February 1, 2023
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For thousands of years, parents in China and elsewhere in the world have imparted to their children that kindness will be rewarded and evil punished. That value, embedded in traditional Chinese culture, was believed to be imparted by the divine. “But the Communist Party indoctrinated people with atheism. The spread of the ideology has brought…

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Professor at Fordham University Shares His Understanding After Reading Article by Founder of Falun Gong

January 31, 2023
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On the eve of Chinese New Year, Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the spiritual practice Falun Gong, published an article titled “How Humankind Came To Be.” Mr. Li said he disclosed heavenly secrets in this article, which are meant to “provide a true picture of affairs, and to give people another chance at salvation.” After reading the article, William…

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Tempering Steel: Activist Reflects on Meaning of Suffering After Reading Article by Founder of Falun Gong

January 30, 2023
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Duan Jinggang’s life changed forever in 2011 after he held up a banner in China’s southernmost island province Hainan telling “all corrupt dictatorial regimes” to step down. Amid a wave of pro-democracy uprisings in China inspired by anti-government rebellions in the Arab world in 2011, that defiant banner landed Duan in a Chinese police station,…

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Former Atheist Artist Paints Heavenly Realms, Inspires Kindness in Others: ‘Gods and Buddhas Really Do Exist’

January 30, 2023
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Once an atheist, a young award-winning artist’s work now revolves around faith: painting the heavenly realms and validating the existence of the divine. His impressive themes contrasting virtue from vice naturally guide viewers toward kindness and forgiveness. Meet Loc Minh Duong, a digital illustrator born and raised in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Duong has…

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2 Falun Gong Adherents Die From Persecution During Lunar New Year

January 29, 2023
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The Chinese communist regime never ceased its persecution of Falun Gong adherents during its three years of COVID-19 lockdowns. At the beginning of 2023, two elderly Falun Gong adherents lost their lives after years of suffering from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal persecution campaign of Falun Gong. The deceased are Cui Xiuzhen from China’s…

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Hong Kong’s Values Will Live Longer Than Dictatorship: Former Hong Kong Governor

January 27, 2023
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Hong Kong’s last governor reassured Hongkongers that the Chinese regime would soon disappear and Hong Kong’s values would outlast any dictatorship during his Lunar New Year greeting to Hongkongers. On Jan. 21, the day before the start of the New Lunar Year of the rabbit, Hong Kong Watch, a nonprofit human rights organization, shared a…

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‘A Crucial Message for All Human Beings’: Chinese Find Insight From Article by Founder of Falun Gong

January 26, 2023
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What’s the purpose of our lives? Legends from China and elsewhere say that divine beings created humans modeled in their own image. By following Heaven’s commandments, humankind can enjoy a harmonious life, while waiting for the Creator’s return.  But communism detests these traditional ideas. Since it seized power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

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