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What Is Falun Gong? See "Falun Gong 101", by Massimo Introvigne

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"Full Text of New Chinese Legislative Resolution Banning Cults" - October 30, 1999
Official Guidelines for Enforcement - November 1, 1999
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"Scholarly Book on Falun Gong Published in Singapore"
A Note by Massimo Introvigne (March 20, 2000)
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"Failure admitted in crackdown on sect"
by Willy Wo-Lap Lam ("South China Morning Post", April 22, 2000)
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"Beijing steps up sect attacks"
("South China Morning Post", April 21, 2000)
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"3 Falun Gong Die in Jail"
(Associated Press, April 20, 2000)
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"Three sect members die in custody in China-group"
by Paul Eckert (Reuters, April 20, 2000)
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"Falungong Rebuts Beijing's 'Groundless Accusations'"
(Agence France Presse, April 20, 2000)
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"Sports chief sacked 'for Falun Gong ties'"
by Vivien Pik-Kwan Chan ("South China Morning Post", April 20, 2000)
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"Beijing bans sect members from entrance exams"
by Fong Tak-ho ("Hong Kong Standard", April 19,2000)
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"China Rips Rights Record Criticism"
by Geir Moulson (Associated Press, April 19, 2000)
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"China bans Falungong members from entering university"
("Sydney Morning Herald", April 19, 2000)
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"U.N. Rights Commission Foils U.S. Effort to Condemn China"
by Jane Perlez ("The New York Times", April 19, 2000)
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"China wins vote at U.N. rights forum"
by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters, April 18, 2000)
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"Falun Gong leader accused of being `anti-China' pawn"
("Hong Kong Standard", April 18, 2000)
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"China calls Falun Gong a pawn of U.S. forces"
by Matt Pottinger (Reuters, April 17, 2000)
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"Chinese Sect Appeals to UN" (Zhong Gong)
(Associated Press, April 16, 2000)
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"China Sect Shows Its Colors, and 50 Followers Are Arrested"
by Craig S. Smith ("The New York Times", April 14, 2000)
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"Falun Gong protesters arrested"
(BBC, April 13, 2000)
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"China jamming Falungong websites in new crackdown"
(Agence France Presse, April 13, 2000)
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"200 Falun Gong Protesters Arrested"
(Associated Press, April 13, 2000)
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"China's Falun Gong protests ahead of U.N. vote"
by Jeremy Page (Reuters, April 13, 2000)
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"U.S. tables resolution on China at UN talks"
by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters, April 11, 2000)
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"China Man Held in Mental Hospital"
(Associated Press, April 5, 2000)
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"Falun Gong professor gets two-year term"
("South China Morning Post", March 31, 2000)
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"Falun Gong Man Sentenced"
(Associated Press, March 30, 2000)
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"Albright set to condemn rights record"
("Hong Kong Standard", March 23, 2000)
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"Motion election stunt: Beijing"
(Reuters, March 23, 2000)
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"China: Falun Gong Crackdown Backed"
by Alexander G. Higgins (Associated Press, March 22, 2000)
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"Chinese claim majority support in U.N. rights panel over Falun Gong"
by Alexander G. Higgins (Associated Press, March 21, 2000)
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"China blasts U.S. resolution on human rights"
by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters, March 21, 2000)
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"Falun Gong seeks U.N. action against China"
by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters, March 20, 2000)
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"Falun Gong kept at bay by tight security"
("Hong Kong Standard", March 16, 2000)
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"Sect says police illegally seized $760m (on Zhong Gong)"
("South China Morning Post", March 14, 2000)
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"Falun Gong seven 'arrived by boat'"
by Annemarie Evans ("South China Morning Post", March 11, 2000)
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"Falun Gong branch to reapply for NPO status in Tokyo"
(Kyodo News Service, March 10, 2000)
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"Lawmakers lauded for smashing sect"
by William Kazer ("South China Morning Post", March 10, 2000)
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"Sect 70 on hunger strike"
(Agence France Presse, March 9, 2000)
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"Locals back from China after their Falun Gong detention"
by Carol Ness and Vanessa Hua ("The San Francisco Examiner", March 8, 2000)
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"Jiang unaware of sect's existence until mass sit-in"
("South China Morning Post", March 9, 2000)
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"China calls Tokyo move on Falun Gong 'sensible'"
(Kyodo News Service, March 9, 2000)
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"Jiang unaware of sect's existence until mass sit-in"
("South China Morning Post", March 9, 2000)
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"More Falun Gong Followers Detained"
(Associated Press, March 8, 2000)
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"Beijing holds Bay Area members of Falun Gong"
by Jessie Mangaliman ("San Jose Mercury News", March 8, 2000)
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falun logo "Tokyo in hot spot over Falun Gong"
("Yomiuri Shimbun", March 7, 2000)
falun logo "Close eye kept on Falun Gong"
("South China Morning Post", March 7, 2000)
falun logo "Singapore Govt: Falun Gong Can Continue To Operate Here"
(Associated Press, March 6, 2000)
falun logo "Four U.S. citizens detained by Chinese police"
(Kyodo News Service, March 6, 2000)
falun logo "China detains 4 Americans over Falun Gong-HK group"
(Reuters, March 6, 2000)
falun logo "China detains four Americans in Falun Gong sweep"
(Associated Press, March 6, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Members Protest"
by John Leicester (The Associated Press, March 5, 2000)
falun logo "Police detain Falun Gong members at China Congress"
(Reuters, March 5, 2000)
falun logo "Cult protests gathering pace"
(Agence France Presse, March 4, 2000)
falun logo "At least 600 members of China cult detained-group" [Zhong Gong]
(Reuters, March 4, 2000)
falun logo "Police swamp sect effort to raise banners"
("South China Morning Post", March 3, 2000)
falun logo "China Denies Falun Gong Beating"
(Associated Press, February 29, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Member Dies in Custody"
by Charles Hutzler (Associated Press, February 28, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong member dies after China beatings-group"
(Reuters, February 28, 2000)
falun logo "For Whom the Gong Tolls"
by Peter Carlson ("The Washington Post", February 27, 2000)
falun logo "Sect member 'dies after force-feeding'"
("South China Morning Post", February 23, 2000)
falun logo "Banned Sect Member Dies in China"
(Associated Press, February 22, 2000)
falun logo "China slams U.S. asylum for Falun Gong members"
(Reuters, February 17, 2000)
falun logo "U.S. May Grant Asylum for China Sect"
(Associated Press, February 16, 2000)
falun logo "Jailed Falun Gong on Hunger Strike"
by Cindy Sui ("The Washington Post", February 15, 2000)
falun logo "US flight attendant says her arrest at Falungong demo was over photo"
(Agence France Presse, February 14, 2000)
falun logo "China jails Falun Gong followers - HK group"
(Reuters, February 14, 2000)
falun logo "Sect Members on Hunger Strike"
(Associated Press, February 14, 2000)
falun logo "Chinese policeman punished for ties with banned Falungong sect"
(Agence France Presse, February 13, 2000)
falun logo "Queens Woman Home After Beijing Bust"
by Mark Stamey and Cathy Burke ("New York Post", February 12, 2000)
falun logo "Watchdog acts over pager gag on sect"
by Alex Lo ("South China Morning Post", February 12, 2000)
falun logo "Jiang compares sect's threat to Solidarity"
bt Willy Wo-Lap Lam ("South China Morning Post", February 12, 2000)
falun logo "China Using Asylums to Suppress: Banned Movement's Followers Reportedly Institutionalized"
by Cindy Sui ("The Washington Post" February 12, 2000)
falun logo "U.S. Falun Gong practitioner arrives home"
(Reuters, February 12, 2000)
falun logo "U.S. Detainee Returns From China"
(Associated Press, February 12, 2000)
falun logo "Chinese judge reportedly committed, drugged for following Falun Gong"
by Charles Hutzler (Associates Press, February 11, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Renews Efforts to Challenge China's Government"
by Liz Sly ("Chicago Tribune", February 11, 2000)
falun logo "China jails Falun Gong member for 9 years-HK group"
(Reuters, February 11, 2000)
falun logo "China Denies Detaining US Falun Gong Member, AFP Reports"
(Bloomberg, February 10, 2000)
falun logo "More Members of Falun Gong Are Being Detained"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("The New York Times", February 11, 2000)
falun logo "2,000 Falun Gong members arrested during Spring Festival"
(Kyodo News Service, February 10, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Members Detained"
(Associated Press, February 10, 2000)
falun logo "Sect members unshaken in their belief"
("South China Morning Post", February 10, 2000)
falun logo "China in mass arrests of Falun Gong members"
(ITN News, February 10, 2000)
falun logo "China said Holding U.S. Woman"
(Associated Press, February 10, 2000)
falun logo "Falungong followers released, tell of beatings"
(Agence France Presse, February 9, 2000)
falun logo "Foreign sect pair missing since arrest"
(Reuters, February 8, 2000)
falun logo "US Citizen Missing Following Falun Gong Arrests, AFP Reports"
(Bloomberg, February 8, 2000)
falun logo "Sect man jailed for 12 years"
(ITN News, February 7, 2000)
falun logo "US and Australian Falun Gong members held in China"
by Paul Eckert (Reuters, February 7, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Members Arrested"
by John Leicester (Associated Press, February 5, 2000)
falun logo "Chinese Police Swarm Square As Falun Gong Protests"
by Jeremy Page (Reuters, February 5, 2000)
falun logo "Police in Beijing Beat and Detain 50 Protesters From Banned Sect"
("The New York Times", February 5, 2000)
falun logo "China Detains Scores of Falun Gong Demonstrators"
(Reuters, January 4, 2000)
falun logo "China Cops Beat Falun Gong Backers"
by Charles Hutzler (Associated Press, February 4, 2000)
falun logo "Chinese Americans defend Falun Gong as way of life: Beijing believes it is subversive, practitioners contendz"
by Shawn D. Lewis ("The Detroit News", February 2, 2000)
falun logo "32 jailed for cult crimes"
("South China Morning Post", February 2, 2000)
falun logo "100 Zhong Gong offices shut down"
("South China Morning Post", February 1, 2000)
falun logo "China targets members and funds of Qigong cult"
by Michael Dwyer ("Australian Financial Review", February 1, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Members Sentenced"
(Associated Press, February 1, 2000)
falun logo "Beijing Cult Buster Aids Canadian Embassy: Communist Party member to help identify fake falun gong members among refugee claimants"
by Miro Cernetig ("Toronto Gobe and Mail", January 31, 2000)
falun logo "China fires angry blast at US over human rights, Tibet, Falun Gong"
("South China Morning Post", January 31, 2000)
falun logo "China Moves Against Exercise Group" (on Zhong Gong)
by Charles Hutzler (Associated Press, January 31, 2000)
falun logo "China Cracks Down on Meditation Sect" (on Zhong Gong)
by Charles Hutzler (Associated Press, January 31, 2000)
falun logo "China Brands Another Group As a Cult" (on Zhong Gong)
(Reuters, January 30, 2000)
falun logo "Police Stop Falun Gong Believers"
(Associated Press, January 30, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong Arrests"
("South China Morning Post", January 30, 2000)
falun logo "Police Detain Falun Gong Members"
(Associated Press, January 29, 2000)
falun logo "Detained Falun Gong Man Dies"
(Associated Press, January 26, 2000)
falun logo "Court tries Falun Gong leader"
("South China Morning Post", January 25, 2000)
falun logo "Sect member, dissident face `spring cleaning'"
("South China Morning Post", January 25, 2000)
falun logo "Shenzhen sect leader 'to face trial'"
by Chow Chung-Yan ("South China Morning Post", January 24, 2000)
falun logo "Falun Gong leader goes on trial in China"
(Swiss Radio International, January 24, 2000)
falun logo "Claims Falun Gong member died in Chinese police custody"
(Australian News Service, January 25, 2000)
falun logo "China Is Said to Hold Devotees of Sect in a Psychiatric Hospital"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("The New York Times", January 21, 2000)
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"China to scrutinize spiritual groups similar to Falungong"
(Agence France Presse, January 20, 2000)
falun logo "Qi gong leader gets two years for failed cure [Zhong Gong]"
("South China Morning Post", January 20, 2000)
falun logo "China Imprisons Leader of a Healing-by-Meditation Society" [Zhong Gong]
by Erik Eckholm ("The New York Times", January 20, 2000)
falun logo "Security chief to continue blitz on sect"
("South China Morning Post", January 19, 2000)
falun logo "China Said Jails Meditation Master [Crackdown on Zhong Gong]"
(Associated Press, January 19, 2000)
falun logo "China jails qigong [Zhong Gong] healer"
by Benjamin Kang Lim (Reuters, January 19, 2000)
falun logo "Sect's worst"
(Reuters, January 15, 2000)
falun logo "Sect duo 'removed from duty'"
(Agence France Presse, January 14, 2000)
falun logo "China Military Official Said Jailed"
(Associated Press, January 14, 2000)
falun logo "China jails ex-general for backing Falun Gong"
by Benjamin Kang Lim (Reuters, January 13, 2000)
falun logo "Sect activists arrested `because they were foreigners'"
(Associated Press, January 11, 2000)
falun logo "Mother appeals for release of Falungong member held in China"
(Agence France Presse, January 10, 2000)
falun logo "Australian Sect Claims Detainment"
(Associated Press, January 10, 2000)
falun logo "Three detained Australian Falungong members escorted out of China"
(Agence France Presse, January 10, 2000)
falun logo "Australian sect trio expected China deportation"
by Jane Nelson (Reuters, January 10, 2000)
falun logo "Melbourne sect members held in China"
by Sophie Douez (Agence France Presse - Melbourne Age, January 10, 2000)
falun logo "Three Australian Falungong members believed detained in China"
(Agence France Presse, January 9, 2000)
falun logo "Australian tourists urge China to rethink sect ban"
(Reuters, January 9, 2000)
falun logo "Overseas Falun Gong faithful 'blacklisted'"
("South China Morning Post", January 6, 2000)
falun logo "China jails two more Falun Gong leaders"
(Reuters, January 6, 2000)
falun logo "China Sentences Falun Gong Members"
(Associated Press, January 6, 2000)
falun logo "China jails dissident, two Falun Gong followers"
(Reuters, January 6, 2000)
falun logo "Two Chinese Dissidents, Falun Gong Leader Sentenced"
by John Pomfret ("The Washington Post, January 4, 2000)
falun logo "China official jailed for tipping off sect - group"
(Reuters, January 4, 2000)
falun logo "Banned China sect exercises rights on a Boston street"
by Ellen Barry ("The Boston Globe", January 3, 2000)
falun logo "China Jails Dissidents, Sect Member"
(Associated Press, January 3, 2000)
falun logo "China jails Falun Gong leader, detains others"
(Reuters, January 3, 2000)
falun logo THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
QUESTIONS FOR LI HONGZHI

Eye of the Storm
As the Chinese Government calls for his arrest, the exiled leader of the massive Falun Gong movement talks about living in New York and watching politics and belief collide back home.

by Jonathan S. Landreth & J.S. Greenberg ("New York Times Magazine", August 8, 1999)
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("Time Magazine Asia", May 10, 1999)

1999 UPDATES

master li Falun Gong's Own Web Site: www.falundafa.org

Anti-Falun Gong Web Site, by Beijing People's Daily: http://english.people.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_288.shtml

Sinological Institute, University of Heidelberg, Falun Gong Page

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