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THE RISE OF FALUN GONG

Having survived the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) with significant trauma, the
Chinese people were finding ways to reconnect with their ancient spiritual
traditions without risking being denounced as backward or counter-revolutionary.
Try as the Chinese Communist Party did to obliterate ancient Chinese spiritual
practices in order to establish class struggle and atheism as the new Chinese
culture, the Party could not remove traditional spiritual beliefs from people’s
hearts.


FALUN GONG’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

It was the turn of the decade, early 1990s, and the qigong craze was red-hot in
China. While many qigong teachers vied for followers, one came on the scene that
caused all of China to take notice.

Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong.

Born in the northeastern town of Changchun, Mr. Li Hongzhi had studied under
Buddhist and Daoist masters in his youth. In 1992, after two years of working
with a small group of students, observing the suitability of Falun Gong practice
to be disseminated among the public, Mr. Li introduced the ancient, traditional
cultivation method to the general public.

His talks were unlike those of other qigong teachers because of his unwavering
focus on moral standards and self-improvement.

On May 13, 1992, Mr. Li Hongzhi gave his first lecture on Falun Gong to about
180 listeners in a humble schoolhouse in Changchun, city in northeastern China.

In five months, Falun Gong is recognized by the state-run Qigong Science
Research Association of China as its official branch. Mr. Li is formally
declared a “Master of Qigong”, and receives permit to teach Falun Gong
nationwide.




“FALUN GONG IS MIRACULOUS!“

December 1992 • Mr. Li together with several of his students participated in the
1992 Asian Health Expo, held in Beijing. After using their qigong treatment to
cure many people’s diseases, the news “Falun Gong is miraculous” echoed
throughout the attending crowds.

Mr. Li has received the most awards of any master at the event, announcing Falun
Gong as a presence on the qigong scene. The interest in Falun Gong immediately
skyrocketed.

Falun Gong introduced at Asian Health Expo

6 PHOTOS



1992-1994 • Responding to the popular demand during these years Mr. Li travels
all across China almost without stopping. With several days of travel between
each, Mr. Li gave 54 lecture series on Falun Gong within two years. The
seminars, often arranged by local state-run qigong organizations, typically
lasted 8-10 days.

Mr. Li charged only small entrance fees to cover the costs of traveling and
venue rentals. Though he never advertised his lectures, the health benefits of
the practice were spreading fast by word of mouth, and eventually attracted
thousands of attendees at a time.

Mr. Li’s lecture on Falun Gong in Wuhan, 1993.



FALUN GONG’S TEACHINGS ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER QIGONG SCHOOLS.

Falun Gong teaches the principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance.
It emphasizes character-building and virtue—rather than supernormal powers—as
the true path to health and spiritual elevation.

Many people were initially drawn to Falun Gong because of its healing effects.
However, a significant reason for Falun Gong’s popular appeal was also due to
its simple and straightforward requirements for practitioners: Live your life
according to truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance, let go of negative
attachments, and be responsible to yourself and others. Mr. Li discouraged the
fanaticism that practitioners of other qigong schools so often dedicated to
their masters, and instead encouraged Falun Gong practitioners to focus on what
matters—becoming a better person.

The Chinese people recognized in Falun Gong’s teachings the core tenets shared
by Buddhism and Daoism. But unlike these religions, there were no ordinances,
onerous lifestyle restrictions, or the requirement to relinquish the secular
world. Falun Gong spelled out the essence of cultivation and avoided the
esoteric language of ancient scripture.

China Falun Gong • When the book China Falun Gong was first published in 1993,
it made the practice accessible to a much wider audience.

Topics the book covered: The origins of illness and its true removal, true
purpose of self-perfecting of mind and body (cultivation), what is karma and
virtue, their origins, transformation and effect, fundamental principles of the
universe, and much more.


“THE TRUE ANCIENT, GOOD THINGS HAVE COME BACK!”

The Chinese public quickly recognized Falun Gong as a truly useful set of
principles for living a meaningful life. This attracted people from all
backgrounds and strata of society, including barely literate farmers, university
professors, homemakers, and communist cadres.

The common sentiment among Chinese people upon encountering Falun Gong, whether
they chose to practice it or not, was that the true heritage of China had been
revived. As retired Chinese official Mr. Hao Ye tells it, “People really took it
to heart. In Falun Gong, we believe the true ancient, good things have come
back!”





MOUNTING PRAISE BY CHINESE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY

August 30, 1993 • The Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Public Security hosted a National
Conference of Recognizing Heroes in Justice and Courage.

Letter of appreciation  •  On August 31, 1993 the China Foundation for Justice
and Courage, an affiliate institution of the Ministry of Public Security, writes
a letter of appreciation following the giving of qigong treatments, by Mr. Li
Hongzhi, to Foundation honorees.

The organizers invited Mr. Li Hongzhi to provide Qigong treatment to the
conference attendees, to alleviate their pains. Among the hundred attendees,
many were injured and disabled when fighting crime, still suffering various
symptoms, even after regular medical treatments. Many suffered long-term health
complications caused by stab wounds, gunshot and other injuries. After receiving
treatments symptoms including pain, headaches, tiredness, and dizziness
disappeared.

“Some witnessed their tumors disappearing after receiving treatments; some had
gallstones expelled within 24 hours after the treatment; some who had stomach
diseases, heart diseases, or joint diseases, felt their symptoms being removed
on site right after treatments. Among these nearly 100 patients, except for one
who had a minor disease and didn’t feel obvious effect, all others felt dramatic
treatment effects in various degrees. The powerful effect of such treatment
sessions was highly praised,” the organizers stated in their letter of
appreciation.

December 1993 • Mr. Li is invited to give Falun Gong lecture at the Ministry of
Public Security’s University Auditorium in Beijing.



MR. LI IS TITLED THE MOST ACCLAIMED QIGONG MASTER, FALUN GONG RECEIVES THE
HIGHEST QIGONG AWARDS AT THE ASIAN HEALTH EXPO

December 1993 • Only a year and half after Falun Gong was introduced to the
public, Mr. Li already received special invitation to attend the 1993 Asian
Health Expo as one of the Organizing Committee members.

Although Mr. Li explained in his teachings that Falun Gong’s purpose is not to
heal illnesses, and that he attended the Expo with his students to support a
state sponsored Qigong event, in reality the ’93 Expo became a grand occasion
for Falun Gong. Few people were attending other qigong booths, while Falun
Gong’s booth was crowded, with long lines of people waiting for healing
treatments and autographs.

Highest Awards • Mr. Li received the most and the highest awards at the Expo:
“Award for Advancing Frontier Sciences”, “Special Gold Prize”, and the title of
the “Most Acclaimed Qigong Master”.

The powerful healing effect of Falun Gong at this point was undeniable and the
Expo committee and the Qigong specialists’ committee agreed that the the highest
award of the expo –  “Award for Advancing Frontier Sciences.” — should go to Mr.
Li Hongzhi. He also received the “Special Gold Prize” and the title of the “Most
Acclaimed Qigong Master.” Falun Gong’s profile have grown significantly.

Falun Gong, like a gleaming star, outshined the other Qigong schools from then
on.




RAPID, FREE-OF-CHARGE SPREADING OF THE PRACTICE AMONG PUBLIC

While morning group qigong exercise is a common sight in China’s public squares,
the sheer volume of attendees at Falun Gong practice sites was unusual.

Volunteers provided the exercise instruction free of charge to anyone who wanted
to learn. When one exercise site became too large, practitioners would volunteer
to start new ones at other locations.

Rapid spreading in public. A volunteer teaching the Falun Gong meditation hand
movements to passersby on the street. Anyone who wants to learn Falun Gong’s
five simple exercises, can learn them free of charge. Attendees of Falun Gong
lectures started to teach them to their families and friends. Numbers of Falun
Gong practitioners started to grow rapidly. The practice became so popular that
in public parks and squares every morning, from small villages to large cities,
hundreds or even thousands of people could be seen performing Falun Gong’s
meditative exercises to peaceful music before heading off to work.



STATE-RUN MEDIA: AMAZING HEALING EFFECTS. GOOD SAMARITANS AND HEROES.

The practice increasingly finds itself in the news, primarily on grounds of its
health benefits and the good citizenship it fosters. Reports about heroic and
virtuous deeds, improved morals, and selfless acts of help to their local
communities started to appear ever more often. Mr. Li and Falun Gong were
recognized by the Ministry of Public Security in its publications for enhancing
social stability and was even awarded with a Certificate of Honor.

> [We commend Mr. Li for his contributions] in promoting the traditional
> crime-fighting virtues of the Chinese people, in safeguarding social order and
> security, and in promoting rectitude in society. — The People’s Public
> Security Daily (publication under the Chinese Ministry of Public Security),
> September 21, 1993

Falun Gong taught that only with elevation of thought and behavior could true
and lasting health follow. And so it was.

A 1998 survey of 6,000 practitioners in Dalian City showed a near-complete
recovery rate among those with diseases. So did similar studies in other Chinese
cities and in Russia. Even chronic and terminal patients—such as those with
cancer, immunological diseases, and neurological problems—showed marked or
complete recovery by practicing Falun Gong, and without the help of medical
intervention.

In 1993, the Magazine China Today published an article about Falun Gong and its
founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi, titled The Amazing Healing Effect of Falun Gong.
According to the article “Master Li has taught Falun Gong in several cities
including Beijing. Participants came from the central government, as well as
people from all walks of life. There were military personnel, professors,
students, and physicians. People of all ages, from teens to elderly folks, came
to learn the practice. Many saw their mind and health improve after practicing.”

In 1997 the newspaper Medicine and Health ran article titled Falun Gong: Top
Choice for Healing and Fitness. A reporter from the paper visited a Falun Gong
practice site in Shenyang City on November 8, 1998 and collected dozens of
stories of practitioners whose health improved significantly.

> It is obvious that Falun Gong is effective in improving health. Many patients
> benefit from it. Most people who practice Falun Gong have been through a
> process from not believing to believing. In the beginning, some patients just
> wanted to try it out to see if it works. Seeing how long-term illness
> miraculously disappeared, they are convinced that Falun Gong effectively
> improves health. — Shenzhen Star Times, 1998

In 1998 the China Economic Times published an article “I can stand now!” The
article covered a story of 53 years old Xie Xiufen from the countryside of
Handan, Hebei Province. She became paralyzed in 1979 due to spinal injury.
Having 4 children, she could not take care of herself and had to rely on her
mother and her husband. Many times, she thought about committing suicide. In
April 1996, Xie’s sister, who and whose husband both have started practicing
Falun Gong, introduced the practice to her. Three months later on July 1, 1996,
she went to a Falun Gong practice in a wheelchair. Two months later, she had no
pains whatsoever. A year later, Xie Xiufen can walk to the practice site. “I
feel like a bird wanting to fly. People can hardly catch up with me when walking
alongside me. I was a paralyzed for 16 years. It is Teacher Li Hongzhi who has
changed my life. Now, I am reborn.”

In a Feb. 22, 1999, interview with U.S. News & World Report, an official from
China’s State Sports Commission praised the practice for reducing the state’s
medical costs: “Falun Gong and other types of qigong can save each person 1,000
yuan in annual medical fees. If 100 million people are practicing it, that’s 100
billion yuan saved per year in medical fees.” The official said that
then-Premier Zhu Rongji was very happy about this.




1 IN EVERY 13 PEOPLE PRACTICES FALUN GONG

By 1999, according to China’s official estimates, 70 million to 100 million
people were studying Falun Gong, not counting the many more who had casually
practiced it for a short time. This amounted to approximately 1 in every 13
people in China. In many cases, entire families across generations took up the
practice after seeing the positive changes it engendered among their friends and
relatives. Virtually everyone knew someone who practiced Falun Gong.

Falun Gong Practitioners in Wuhan forming Chinese characters – Falun Dafa.
(March 1999) Morning Falun Gong exercises in Changchun, northeast China, in
1998.




FALUN GONG TEACHINGS GO GLOBAL

After giving his last lecture in China, in the city of Dalian in December 31,
1994, with some 6,600 persons in attendance, Mr. Li begins teaching Falun Gong
abroad. First talk was given in Paris at the Chinese embassy, initiated at the
invitation of China’s ambassador to France. A full seven-day class begins that
evening in Paris, followed by a second series in May in the Swedish cities of
Gothenburg, Stockholm, and Uddevalla.


In 1998, China’s state-controlled TV openly promotes Falun Gong, declaring “100
million people around the world are learning Falun Dafa.”



PEAK OF FALUN GONG’S POPULARITY MEETS EARLY SIGNS OF STATE OPPRESSION

As Falun Gong becomes more and more popular in China and around the world, early
signs of state oppression appear.

A National Bestseller  •  Zhuan Falun, the complete teachings of Falun Dafa and
focal book of the practice, is published in March of 1995. A publication
ceremony is held in an auditorium of the Ministry of Public Security. By spring
1996 the book was listed as national bestseller for several months.

Shortly after Zhuan Falun is listed in January, March, and April as a bestseller
by Beijing Youth Daily, Falun Gong books are banned from publication by order
from the China News Publishing Bureau, an entity under the Ministry of
Propaganda. The document accuses Falun Gong of “spreading superstition.” The
same year, Mr. Li moves to the United States.

Investigations • In 1996 Falun Gong withdraws from the Qigong Science Research
Association of China to keep the practice free of political influence. Soon
after, Falun Gong is accused of being “heretical teaching”, and spreading
superstitions. Chinese Ministry of Public Security responds with an
investigation, which concludes, “No evidence has appeared thus far.”

The internal divisions among China’s political leadership become more obvious,
as both positive reports on Falun Gong and attacks on Falun Gong are broadcasted
alongside each other in state-run media.

Falun Gong numbers in China keep growing, while different government entities
such as senior members of the People’s Congress and National Sports commission
of China conduct more investigations into the group.

> “Falun Gong has hundreds of benefits for the Chinese people and nation, and
> does not a bit of harm.” — Conclusion of Qiao Shi, former Politburo member,
> and a Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress,
> joined by other senior members of the Congress

On February 14, 1999, an official from China’s National Sports Commission,
speaking with U.S. News & World Report, estimated that as many as 100 million
may have taken up the practice. The official highlights the costs the practice
is saving China’s national health care system, declaring that, “Premier Zhu
Rongji is very happy about that.”

> “We’re convinced the exercises and effects of Falun Gong are excellent. It has
> done an extraordinary amount to improve society’s stability and ethics. This
> should be duly affirmed.” — National Sports Commission of China, October 20,
> 1998




GLOBAL AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

In the face of growing unrest in the ruling party regarding stance towards Falun
Gong, and the subsequent crackdown, Falun Gong and its founder Mr. Li Hongzhi,
collected thousands of awards and recogntion letters from all over the world.

Mr. Li Hongzhi is a five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and was nominated by the
European Parliament for the Sakharov Prize For Freedom of Thought. He is the
recipient of Freedom House’s International Religious Freedom Award.

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 * Why persecution?
 * Brutal & widespread?
 * Genocide?
 * What is the evidence?
 * Why haven’t I heard?
 * Misconceptions?




THE FALUN GONG STORY

 * Ancient Roots
 * The Rise of Falun Gong
 * Eve of Persecution
 * Terror Unleashed
 * Violent Suppression of 100 Million
 * Peaceful Resistance


 * Persecution in China
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   * Organ Harvesting
   * CCP Propaganda & Censorship
   * Abductions & Imprisonment
   * Forced Transformations
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