Category: Falun Gong

The CCP’s Control of its Complex Global Media Apparatus Obscures the Spread of Communist Ideology (Part 2)

The Chinese Qiao Bao newspaper has many news reports from Xinhua News Agency and China News Service, representing the official voice and viewpoint of the CCP. Besides reporting local news about Chinese community activities, most news pages are directly contracted and transmitted from mainland China. The alignment of Qiao Bao with the CCP discourse can…


Paralegal Says ‘How Humankind Came to Be’ Is ‘Thought-Provoking’

Peggy Welsh, a paralegal in Pennsylvania, said she found the article “How Humankind Came To Be” “interesting and thought-provoking.” The article written by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, was published by The Epoch Times in January. Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice that teaches the universal principles of…


Texas Senate Unanimously Passes Measure to End Complicity in Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting

A bipartisan measure has unanimously passed the Texas Senate as lawmakers advance steps to prevent their state from aiding in the Chinese regime’s forced organ harvesting. Senate Bill 1040, with companion House Bill 2025, would bar health benefit plans from paying for organ transplants originating in a country “where the risk is extremely high that…


Mr. Li’s Article ‘Contains Universal Truths of Humanity’: Korean Arts Critics President

Chang Seok-yong, president of the Committee of Korean Arts Critics, said he read Falun Gong founder Li Hongzhi’s article “How Humankind Came to Be” and felt that it was “great advice from an elder, and I think it’s a lesson that all human beings should accept.” Mr. Chang, a poet, dance and film critic, has…


Mother of New York Dancer Sentenced to Prison in China for Her Faith

NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…


Mother of Shen Yun Dancer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in China for Her Faith

NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…


The US Needs to ‘Take Greater Steps’ to Stop Forced Organ Harvesting in China: Economist

Lucia Dunn, a professor of economics at Ohio State University, told The Epoch Times she strongly supports the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act because she believes live organ harvesting is “one of the greatest crimes of humanity our civilization has ever seen,” and people should do everything they can to stop it. The U.S. House…


Lawyer Exposes Tortures the CCP Uses to Extract Confessions

A lawyer in Hebei Province, northern China, used his social media, Weibo, to expose how police extracted a confession from a prisoner using horrific torture methods. Followers found the techniques cruel, and one viewer commented, “It looks like what Falun Gong has been saying is real.” Li Zhuang, once a Beijing lawyer, posted a video…


‘How Humankind Came To Be’ Carries a Message of Hope: Readers

“How Humankind Came To Be,” an article by Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong, carries a message of hope, readers say. Upon reading the article, Domenic Savini, a governmental accountant, found an honest message that inspires people to do good and reminds them that the purpose of life is to return to the divine. “I…


Pro-Beijing Attackers Guilty and Jailed After Cell Phone Proves Premeditated Attacks on Falun Gong in Hong Kong

In April 2021, Falun Gong members and their street stalls in Hong Kong were attacked many times by a group believed to belong to the CCP. The police later arrested eight people. Four admitted to the crime of criminal damage and were sentenced to eight months in prison, while one person was not prosecuted. The…