Category: Falun Dafa

Founder of Falun Gong Receives Greetings From Mainland Chinese People on Chinese New Year

The founder of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, has received a large amount of greetings from people in mainland China over Chinese New Year, the most important holiday for Chinese families. Li brought the ancient spiritual practice of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, to the public in 1992. It helps relieve stress and increase…


Melbourne Car Parade to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics

Around 20 vehicles took to the metropolitan Melbourne streets for a car parade to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in the Australian state of Victoria on Feb. 4 just hours before the opening ceremony kicked off. The protest was led by the Uyghur Association of Victoria but included activists from the Tibetan community,…


Emotional Story in New Movie ‘Unsilenced’ Touches Northern Californians

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Tears and silence filled the theater as audience members processed the emotional yet hopeful story in the award-winning film “Unsilenced.” Based on a true story, the two-hour film follows the experiences of an American journalist stationed in China as well as two young couples. The American journalist, tired of the Chinese Communist Party’s…


New Movie ‘Unsilenced’ Brings Hope to Southern Californians

PASADENA, Calif.—Cheers accompanied tears from the audience at Pasadena’s Laemmle Playhouse 7, where the award-winning “Unsilenced” just screened, telling the true story of how a group of carefree youths with promising futures from a top university in China became ostracized outlaws risking their lives every day to expose a series of government propaganda and lies when the…


Australian Navy to Train in Virtual Reality

The Australian government has awarded $5 million for the development of an advanced cyber training system that will mimic real life naval firefighting scenarios and boost the capability of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The grant will allow Victoria’s Deakin University to continue the development of its high-tech system, which combines virtual reality, augmented reality,…


Award-Winning Filmmaker Exposes China’s Persecution in New Movie ‘Unsilenced’

A college student in China is told by his school’s party official to turn against his good friend and classmate, when he speaks in front of a class on how his pal has been “led astray” by a moral belief system that the communist regime has banned. That is one of the gripping moments in…


Christmas Parade Reignites the American Spirit in a Delaware Town

ELSMERE, Del.—Santa Claus made an appearance in Elsmere, Delaware, bringing the holiday spirit back to town with him after going through the pandemic. After a hiatus in 2020 because of COVID-19, the 26th annual Elsmere Christmas Parade returned on Dec. 12. It included dignitaries, bands, marching units, dance units, floats, fire departments, police departments, and…


Call for Release of Canadian and Family Members of Canadians Detained in China: Falun Gong Adherents Urge Federal Government

Falun Gong adherents are calling on the federal government to demand the release of Canadian citizen Sun Qian and 13 family members of Canadians jailed in China for their practice of Falun Gong as the world observes International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. In an online press conference Friday, Joel Chipkar, spokesperson for the…


Falun Gong Adherents Urge Ottawa to Call for Release of Canadian and Family Members of Canadians Detained in China

Falun Gong adherents are calling on the federal government to demand the release of Canadian citizen Sun Qian and 13 family members of Canadians jailed in China for their practice of Falun Gong as the world observes International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. In an online press conference Friday, Joel Chipkar, spokesperson for the…


The Myth of Human Rights With ‘Chinese Characteristics’

Commentary Dec. 10 marks Human Rights Day, commemorating the day in 1948 the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Less than a year later, on Oct. 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China. In 1947, as preparation for the drafting of…