Tag: Falun Gong

LIVE NOW: 2023 World Falun Dafa Day Parade in New York

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners will participate in a parade in New York City on May 12 to celebrate World Dafa Day. EpochTV and NTD will livestream the parade from 11 a.m. ET. May 13 this year marks the 31st anniversary of Falun Dafa being introduced to the public in 1992, and it is also…


2023 World Falun Dafa Day Parade in New York

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners will participate in a parade in New York City on May 12 to celebrate World Dafa Day. EpochTV and NTD will livestream the parade from 11 a.m. ET. May 13 this year marks the 31st anniversary of Falun Dafa being introduced to the public in 1992, and it is also…


LIVE May 12, 11 AM ET: 2023 World Falun Dafa Day Parade in New York

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners will participate in a parade in New York City at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 12 to celebrate World Dafa Day. May 13 this year marks the 31st anniversary of Falun Dafa being introduced to the public in 1992, and it is also the 72nd birthday of Mr. Li Hongzhi,…


Uyghur Advocate Calls for US to Boycott Chinese Goods, Uphold Human Rights

The United States should not trade off human rights in China for a so-called green revolution, according to Salih Hudayar, the prime minister of the East Turkistan government-in-exile. On April 28, a dozen Democrats joined Republicans on a resolution that would undo the Biden administration’s emergency move shielding some Chinese-made solar panels from tariffs. The resolution…


The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part II

Commentary Falun Gong emerged in China in 1992, a time of a spiritual renewal in a land still under Communist rule, but one recovering from the horrors of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Drawing on Buddhist traditions, Falun Gong combined meditation and tai chi-style exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of “zhen,” “shan,”…


Chinese Canadians Who Speak Out Against CCP Say Their Families Back Home Face Threats, Intimidation

After Judy Wang left China, she thought she had found a safe haven in Canada. But she soon realized her family members back home are basically hostages being used as leverage by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “Even though I’ve left China, my family is still constantly fearful for me, since the CCP’s long…


Chinese in Australia Grateful for the Free Society on World Falun Dafa Day

A Chinese Australian living in Australia, who has experienced one of the biggest genocides in the modern world, shared her gratitude for the country’s free society. On May 9, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney celebrated the upcoming World Falun Dafa Day on May 13 with a parade. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun…


LIVE May 12, 11 AM ET: Practitioners Parade in New York City to Celebrate 2023 World Falun Dafa Day

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners participate in a parade in New York City at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 12 to celebrate 2023 World Dafa Day. …


The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part I

Commentary In 2016, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech calling for the “Sinicization of religion” in a nation of one billion, he was espousing a century-old impulse among his people while also inadvertently underscoring a persistent paradox that Chinese Communists brought with them when they took over the country in 1949—and have never…


Policeman Involved in Religious Suppression Embraces the Persecuted Faith, Gets Tortured and Injected With Drugs

A veteran police officer in China who once followed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) orders to persecute Falun Gong adherents nearly lost his life on facing the same persecution after he began practicing the peaceful meditative system himself. Before his release, the prison authorities injected him with a nerve-damaging drug in their last-ditch effort to…