Tag: Falun Dafa

The Miraculous Life-Changing Experience of a Young Music Artist

In the prime of his youth, a 21-year-old music major, Joseph Ma, was suddenly admitted to a Guangdong hospital due to lobar pneumonia, a severe lung infection that fills the air sacs with pus and other liquid. The damage to both his lungs made it difficult for him to breathe. Amid excruciating pain, nine miracle…


Without Any Side Effects, Breathwork, Meditation, and Qigong Can Improve Health

While a new study shows the effectiveness of “cyclical breathing,” Falun Gong has benefited millions by balancing the immune system, evidenced by a genomics study. A study with over a hundred participants, published in January of 2023 in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, tested the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation against three different breathing exercises. This…


Port Jervis Chinese New Year Celebration Draws Thousands

Around 3,000 tri-state residents attended the third annual Chinese New Year event in downtown Port Jervis, New York, on Jan. 22. The celebration started at noon with a lion dance on Jersey Avenue, followed by a Chinese-style buffet and live performances at Erie Trackside Manor. “We had a wonderful turnout. It was just crowded, with…


Art Exhibit Shows Award-Winning Documentary ‘Eternal Spring’ at Reception

MILPITAS, Calif.—The Classical Arts Foundation, a nonprofit aiming to preserve and nurture the classical arts, hosted a reception and showing for the award-winning film “Eternal Spring” at the Milpitas library on Jan. 21, ahead of the Lunar New Year. The reception and film showing was part of the foundation’s art exhibit inside the library. “The…


Hong Kong Falun Gong Wins Case for Banner Fine, Court Refuses DOJ’s Appeal to Review

A Hong Kong court has rejected an appeal from the the Hong Kong Department of Justice (DOJ) over a lower court’s decision to acquit a woman for holding a banner. Dong Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner in Hong Kong, was pushing a trolley with a banner that read “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance is good”…


Canadian Lawmakers Vote to Make Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill Law

MPs of all political stripes have voted in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting and trafficking—passing it after nearly 15 years of legislative efforts with similar bills. In the House of Commons on Dec. 14, MPs across party lines cast their vote in support of…


Canadian Lawmakers Vote Unanimously to Make Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill Law

MPs of all political stripes have unanimously voted in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting and trafficking abroad—passing it after nearly 15 years of legislative efforts with similar bills. In the House of Commons on Dec. 14, MPs across party lines cast their vote in…


MPs Reiterate Commitment to Vote in Favour of Senate Bill to Combat Forced Organ Harvesting and Trafficking

MPs of all political stripes reiterated their stance to vote in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting, as their second debate on the bill’s third reading concluded in the House of Commons on Dec. 7. Should it pass Parliament on Dec. 14 and receive royal…


Persecution of Falun Gong Laid Groundwork for China’s Digital Totalitarianism

News Analysis Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin recently passed away, leaving behind a legacy that includes ushering China into a modern surveillance state. “Jiang took critical steps in the early days of the internet in China to build the system today known as the Great Firewall, cutting off Chinese users from the rest of the…


China’s Gestapo-Like Agency Under Scrutiny After Death of Its Founder

Nazi Germany’s infamous Gestapo secret police are long gone but its crimes have not been forgotten. But what’s less known is that the communist regime in China also has a Gestapo-like agency whose sole mission is to brutalize and persecute innocent civilians deemed enemies of the state. The agency, called the “610 Office,” has been…