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4 days ago · Falun Gong emerged from the qigong movement in China in 1992, combining meditation, qigong exercises, and moral teachings rooted in Buddhist and Taoist traditions.
3 days ago · Falun Gong was founded in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by Li Hongzhi (LHZ) in 1992, in the latter part of what has been termed the Qi Gong “boom.” As the leadership of the PRC became increasingly critical of the traditional folk religion and superstition that was emerging within some of the Qi Gong groups, Li Hongzhi and his family emigrated to the United States.
11 hours ago · July 26 (UPI) -- Two people, including a Chinese national, have pleaded guilty to bribing an Internal Revenue Service agent as part of a Beijing-backed scheme targeting the U.S. tax-exempt status of a Communist Party opposition religious movement. Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that has been banned in China since 1999 and its supporters are ...
4 days ago · China continues to arrest and give lengthy sentences to Falun Gong practitioners, more than two decades after followers were first criminalized under Article 300 anti-cult legislation. The average jail sentence for someone convicted under Article 300 over that period was just over five years.
6 days ago · We solemnly mark 25 years today since the People's Republic of China (PRC) began a campaign of repression against practitioners of Falun Gong, a self-described spiritual practice.
2 days ago · Falun Gong is considered a subversive element by the Chinese government and has been banned there since the 1990s. The indictment describes numerous messages Li allegedly exchanged with the ...
1 day ago · In China, Falun Gong adherents face a range of repressive and punitive measures from the Chinese government, including imprisonment. As part of the PRC's campaign against the Falun Gong, Chen and Feng engaged in a PRC government-directed scheme to manipulate the IRS’s Whistleblower Program in an effort to strip the tax-exempt status of an entity run and maintained by Falun Gong practitioners ...
