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Province woman some call Deng, and others call Lightning. According to Christian Solidarity
Worldwide, ―The group teaches its followers to abandon their families and jobs [and] exerts
control over its followers by using drugs and sexual entrapment. Absolute obedience is
demanded and those who oppose the group are punished with beatings, bribery, kidnap,
and murder.‖ (South China Morning Post, Internet, 6/22/02)
Paul Hattaway, Director of Asia Harvest, says there is evidence that local officials are in the
pay of Eastern Lightning, and allow the group to operate freely, even though the central
government urges action against it. (Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries, ANS,
Internet, 5/3/02).
Falun Gong
China Strongly Rejects U.S. Report on Religion
China has strongly rejected a U.S.-based organization's criticism of its stance on religion,
calling the allegations totally groundless and an interference in China's internal affairs. In its
recent annual report [this report continues] the ―so-called U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom‖ made inappropriate comments on the religious situation in
some developing countries, including China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in
Beijing.
The attacks on China's policies toward religion and minority groups, and the Chinese
government's lawful ban on the evil Falun Gong cult, were totally groundless, and trod on
the fundamental principles of international relations, Kong said. "The Chinese people are
dissatisfied with and strongly oppose this act of interference in their internal affairs," Kong
told a routine press briefing. The spokesman stressed that the freedom of religious belief is
protected by Chinese law.
"Falun Gong is not a religion, but a cult," he said, adding that the government bans the cult
to safeguard the basic human rights of its people, and has mass support, including that of
religious circles. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 5/9/02, Internet)
2000 Falun Gong Rounded Up
The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said that more
than 2,000 people associated with Falun Gong had been rounded up since last month in
Changchun, Jilin province, after supporters of the group hijacked the local cable television
network to show pro-Falun Gong films. Of those detained, 150 have already been sent to
labor camps, the rights group said.
Meanwhile, a lone protester, a middle-aged Chinese woman, was arrested on April 25 by
police as she ran through Beijing‘s Tiananmen Square carrying a yellow banner, witnesses
said. On April 25, 1999, about 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners surrounded the Zhongnanhai
headquarters of the Communist Party, a few hundred meters from Tiananmen Square, to
demand the right to be recognized by the Government as an organization and protest
against official harassment. In the past two years practitioners have marked the date with
sporadic protests in Tiananmen, the spiritual heart of the communist regime. ..Falun Gong
activity has fallen greatly during the past year or so. (South China Morning Post, 4/26/02,
Internet)
Book Reveals “Evil Acts of Falun Gong”
A book entitled Falungong Greatly Harms The Country and People was recently published by
the Chinese People's Security University Press. The book comprises 80 stories broadcast by
the China Central Television's (CCTV) "Focus" program between July 1999 and early 2002.
Readers are explicitly told how Falungong ―brainwashes‖ its members and twists facts, how
members have committed suicide or killed others under the yoke of its evil beliefs and how
Province woman some call Deng, and others call Lightning. According to Christian Solidarity
Worldwide, ―The group teaches its followers to abandon their families and jobs [and] exerts
control over its followers by using drugs and sexual entrapment. Absolute obedience is
demanded and those who oppose the group are punished with beatings, bribery, kidnap,
and murder.‖ (South China Morning Post, Internet, 6/22/02)
Paul Hattaway, Director of Asia Harvest, says there is evidence that local officials are in the
pay of Eastern Lightning, and allow the group to operate freely, even though the central
government urges action against it. (Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries, ANS,
Internet, 5/3/02).
Falun Gong
China Strongly Rejects U.S. Report on Religion
China has strongly rejected a U.S.-based organization's criticism of its stance on religion,
calling the allegations totally groundless and an interference in China's internal affairs. In its
recent annual report [this report continues] the ―so-called U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom‖ made inappropriate comments on the religious situation in
some developing countries, including China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in
Beijing.
The attacks on China's policies toward religion and minority groups, and the Chinese
government's lawful ban on the evil Falun Gong cult, were totally groundless, and trod on
the fundamental principles of international relations, Kong said. "The Chinese people are
dissatisfied with and strongly oppose this act of interference in their internal affairs," Kong
told a routine press briefing. The spokesman stressed that the freedom of religious belief is
protected by Chinese law.
"Falun Gong is not a religion, but a cult," he said, adding that the government bans the cult
to safeguard the basic human rights of its people, and has mass support, including that of
religious circles. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 5/9/02, Internet)
2000 Falun Gong Rounded Up
The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said that more
than 2,000 people associated with Falun Gong had been rounded up since last month in
Changchun, Jilin province, after supporters of the group hijacked the local cable television
network to show pro-Falun Gong films. Of those detained, 150 have already been sent to
labor camps, the rights group said.
Meanwhile, a lone protester, a middle-aged Chinese woman, was arrested on April 25 by
police as she ran through Beijing‘s Tiananmen Square carrying a yellow banner, witnesses
said. On April 25, 1999, about 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners surrounded the Zhongnanhai
headquarters of the Communist Party, a few hundred meters from Tiananmen Square, to
demand the right to be recognized by the Government as an organization and protest
against official harassment. In the past two years practitioners have marked the date with
sporadic protests in Tiananmen, the spiritual heart of the communist regime. ..Falun Gong
activity has fallen greatly during the past year or so. (South China Morning Post, 4/26/02,
Internet)
Book Reveals “Evil Acts of Falun Gong”
A book entitled Falungong Greatly Harms The Country and People was recently published by
the Chinese People's Security University Press. The book comprises 80 stories broadcast by
the China Central Television's (CCTV) "Focus" program between July 1999 and early 2002.
Readers are explicitly told how Falungong ―brainwashes‖ its members and twists facts, how
members have committed suicide or killed others under the yoke of its evil beliefs and how
