Why falun gong is banned in china

Falun Gong has been strictly non-violent and had no rebellious plans. One final flawed explanation is that the April 25, gathering of 10, Falun Gong practitioners in the political heart of Beijing startled Party leaders and triggered the oppression that followed. But the peaceful demonstration actually came after three years of escalating state oppression already taking place. In fact, it was a direct response to practitioners being arrested and beaten in nearby Tianjin and a smear media campaign against them.

The incident was pivotal, but for different reasons. That April day, Premier Zhu Rongji engaged members of the gathered group and listened to their grievances. Those arrested were released. Practitioners who were there told me they had felt elated about the open communication between the government and its people.

He labelled Falun Gong a threat to the Party and said it would be an international loss of face if Falun Gong were not immediately crushed. Zhu assured them that the Party was not opposed to Falun Gong and agreed to the release of the detainees.

On June 10, , the Politburo Standing Committee created the Office as a subdivision of the Party to monitor, track, and persecute Falun Gong and other disfavored religious groups. On July 20th, hundreds of Falun Gong adherents were taken into custody by security forces. Initially, the CCP-controlled press declared that Falun Gong was banned as a threat to social order because its spiritual beliefs and values of truth, compassion, and tolerance were incompatible with Marxist materialism.

That derogatory label was applied 3 months later to undermine public sympathy for practitioners and to mislead the world. Since the persecution started, state-run media have flooded the printing presses and airwaves with fabrications about Falun Gong and its founder, Mr.

Li Hongzhi, to draft the entire society into the ranks of persecutors, thus creating an environment in which practitioners had no rights and no security. China Radio International. China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. China Economic Net. Outlawing Falun Gong Cult.

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