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Falun Gong books were banned from further publication in July 1996, and official news outlets began criticizing the group as a form of "feudal superstition", whose "theistic" orientation was at odds with the official ideology and national agenda. [35] Tensions continued to escalate through the late 1990s.
Falun Gong has been banned in Russia since 2020, after a court in Khakassia deemed it an "extremist organization", and extending the ban to the entire Russian Federation. [138] Earlier that year, several Falun Gong-related organizations were designated as 'undesirable' in Russia. [139]
Li Hongzhi authored the first book of Falun Gong teachings in April 1993; titled China Falun Gong, or simply Falun Gong, it is an introductory text that discusses qigong, Falun Gong's relationship to Buddhism, the principles of cultivation practice, and the improvement of moral character (xinxing). The book also provides illustrations and ...
Read more:Falun Gong, banned in China, finds a loud protest voice in the U.S. through Shen Yun dance troupe. Paul Hoffman, an attorney for the Falun Gong plaintiffs, said the decision was "a huge ...
On Sunday July 5, five days after China enacted a new national security law in Hong Kong, Yang Xiaolan and three dozen Falun Gong members stood upright in a public park, their arms outstretched ...
1996 – On 24 July, Falun Gong books are banned from further publication by the China News Publishing Bureau, a branch of the CCP Central Propaganda Department. The reason cited for the ban is that Falun Gong is "spreading superstition." Pirated and copied versions of Falun Gong books proliferate, with Li Hongzhi's approval. [23]
The Cemetery of Confucius was attacked by Red Guards in November 1966. [1] [2] Falun Gong books are destroyed following announcement of the ban in 1999.Antireligious campaigns in China are a series of policies and practices taken as part of the Chinese Communist Party's official promotion of state atheism, coupled with its persecution of people with spiritual or religious beliefs, in the ...
Falun Gong is a spiritual practice taught by Li Hongzhi.Practicing Falun Gong or protesting on its behalf is forbidden in Mainland China, yet the practice remains legal in Hong Kong, which has greater protections of civil and political liberties under “One country, Two systems.” [1] Since 1999 practitioners in Hong Kong have staged demonstrations and protests against the Chinese government ...