Category: April 25

Memorializing an ‘Iconic’ Appeal: NY Parade Spotlights Communist China’s War Against Faith

NEW YORK—Any other Sunday for college freshman Elsie He would have been a day of reading, studying for class, or doing meditation. But something else was weighing on her mind that cloudy April 25. Donning her usual outfit of a light single-layer cotton jacket, long dark pants, and sneakers, with her long black hair tied…


New York Parade Spotlights Communist China’s War Against Faith

NEW YORK—Twenty-four years ago thousands of Chinese citizens gathered outside of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party’s headquarters at the heart of Beijing. They were Falun Gong practitioners, and were there to peacefully call on the communist regime to end the harassment and suppression of their peers by local authorities. Less than three months later the…


US Religious Freedom Ambassador Meets With Representatives of Religious Group Falun Gong

U.S. State Department officials met six representatives of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong on April 25 for an update on the decades-long ongoing persecution in China. The day marks the 23rd anniversary of a peaceful appeal dated back to 1999, when an estimated 10,000 adherents of Falun Gong, a meditation practice that was first introduced…


US Religious Freedom Ambassador Meets With Representatives of Falun Gong Amid Ongoing CCP Persecution

U.S. State Department officials met six representatives of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong on April 25 for an update on the decades-long ongoing persecution in China. The day marks the 23rd anniversary of a peaceful appeal dated back to 1999, when an estimated 10,000 adherents of Falun Gong, a meditation practice that was first introduced…


‘COVID Theater’ in Shanghai Leads to Starvation and Misery; What Happened in Beijing on April 25, 1999

Shanghai’s dead stop on COVID-19 failed. Will American businesses change their view of China? If the lockdowns continue, what happens to the global supply chain? On April 25, 1999, 23 years ago, a large group gathering in Beijing was twisted by Chinese state media. The Chinese communist regime then launched a massive persecution against Falun…


SF Residents Commemorate April 25, 1999 Appeal in Beijing

SAN FRANCISCO—This past weekend, practitioners of Falun Gong along with local supporters from the community held events around the city to commemorate a large-scale protest held in China on April 25, 1999. The historic event was notable because of the sheer number of people who quietly gathered in Beijing as they appealed for their right…


Bearing Witness to a Historic Appeal, Campaign of Terror in Communist China

NEW YORK—Fears of police harassment and arrests have plagued 23-year-old Zhang Minghui ever since she turned one, the year Chinese police officers beat her father with wooden planks until his feet swelled up and turned a dark purple color, and burned his arm with a lighter. When she was not yet two years old, police…


2,000 March in New York to Highlight Plight of Faith Group in China

NEW YORK—For New Yorkers walking on the streets of the city’s largest Chinatown on April 23y, their presence was hard to dismiss. With lion dancers and a marching band in sky-blue suits leading the way, the 2,000-strong crew marched through the Flushing community. On a float richly decorated with golden tassels, blue-gilded clouds, and large…


2,000 March in New York to Highlight Plight of Falun Gong Adherents in China

NEW YORK—For New Yorkers walking on the streets of the city’s largest Chinatown on April 23, their presence was hard to dismiss. With lion dancers and a marching band in sky-blue suits leading the way, the 2,000-strong parade marched through the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. On a float richly decorated with golden tassels, blue-gilded clouds,…


Falun Gong Adherents Who Sought Religious Freedom in China Gives ‘Courage to Millions’: Rep. Perry

A peaceful gathering of about 10,000 religious adherents in communist China more than two decades ago “continues to give courage to millions around the world” who seek an end to Beijing’s repression, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said on April 21. Perry was referring to an appeal by adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong at…