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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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"China flexes authoritarian muscle: Four Falun Gong leaders were tried over the weekend and sentenced to prison for up to 18 years"
by Kevin Platt ("The Christian Science Monitor", December 28, 1999) |
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"Health Sects in China Thrive, if Authorities See No Threat"
by Erik Eckholm ("The New York Times", December 28, 1999) |
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"Chinese Sentence 4 Falun Leaders: Jail Terms Range Up to 18 Years"
by Michael Laris ("The Washington Post", December 27, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Crackdown Continues: Dozens Detained in Tiananmen Square"
by Elaine Kurtenbach ("Associated Press", December 27, 1999) |
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"Falungong crackdown may reach Hong Kong: rights group"
("Agence France Presse", December 27, 1999) |
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"Diplomats shocked by Falun Gong sentences"
by Conor O'Clery ("Irish Times", December 27, 1999) |
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"China Sentences 4 Sect 'Ringleaders' to Prison "
by Henry Chu ("Los Angeles Times", December 27, 1999) |
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"China Court Dispenses Justice Quickly. 4 Falun Gong Leaders Sentenced After 1-day Trial Behind Closed Doors"
by Liz Sly ("Chicago Tribune", December 27, 1999) |
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"Living Buddha -
Li Hongzhi likes to think of himself as "just a very ordinary man" but that's not what he set out to be"
(by Ajay Singh and David Hsieh, "Asiaweek", vol. 25, no. 52, December 31, 1999 - January 7, 2000) |
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"China Sentences 4 in Spiritual Group to Long Jail Time"
by Erik Eckholm ("The New York Times", December 27, 1999) |
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"China Tries Falun Gong Members"
("Associated Press", December 25, 1999) |
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"China Is Reportedly to Start Trial of Four Sect Leaders"
("The New York Times", December 25, 1999) |
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"China Vows Fight Against Cults"
("Associated Press", December 23, 1999) |
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"Group Claims Falun Gong Member Held"
("Associated Press", December 21, 1999) |
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"Who's Afraid Of Falun Gong?"
by Jacques deLisle ("China Daily", December 21, 1999) |
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"40 held after sect defies ban on rallies"
by Stella Lee and Chloe Lai ("South China Morning Post", December 20, 1999) |
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"Macau police seize 40 Falun Gong members"
by Stella Lee and Chloe Lai ("South China Morning Post", December 19, 1999) |
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"Portugal bids Macau farewell, Falun detained"
by Stephen Weeks (Reuters, December 19, 1999) |
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"Macau police seize Falun members on handover eve"
by Tan Ee Lyn (Reuters, December 19, 1999) |
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"Macao police remove 40 Falun Gong members"
(Kyodo News Service, December 19, 1999) |
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"Macau police drag off Falun Gong members"
(Reuters, December 19, 1999) |
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"Hong Kong blocks Macau-bound Falun Gong members"
(Reuters, December 18, 1999) |
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"Macau Expels 6 Falun Gong Members Ahead of Handover, SCMP Says"
(Bloomberg, December 17, 1999) |
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"U.S.-based dissident says ejected from Macau"
(Reuters, December 17, 1999) |
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"Macau Tosses Out Falun Gong Members"
by Dirk Beveridge (Associated Press, December 17, 1999) |
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"Macao expels six overseas Falun Gong members"
(Kyodo News Service, December 17, 1999) |
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"Macau cracks down on Falun Gong pre-handover"
by Jonathan Sharp (Reuters, December 17, 1999) |
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"Australian recovers after leaping from Chinese detention centre"
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, December 17, 1999) |
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"Injured cult follower vows Beijing return"
by Cheung Chi-Fai ("South China Morning Post", December 17, 1999) |
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"Members of sect barred"
by Chloe Lai ("South China Morning Post", December 17, 1999) |
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"China Warns Falungong To Abide By Local Laws During Macau Handover"
(Agence France Presse, December 16, 1999) |
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"Falungong Members Vow To Press Ahead With Macau Visit"
(Agence France Presse, December 16, 1999) |
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"Four Americans, Two Hong Kong Residents Detained In China"
(Agence France Presse, December 16, 1999) |
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"Falun members bent on Macau handover presence"
by Tan Ee Lyn (Reuters, December 16, 1999) |
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"Strict curbs on qi gong practitioners"
by Josephine Ma ("South China Morning Post", December 16, 1999) |
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"Falungong Plans Gathering At Macau Handover"
(Agence France Presse, December 15, 1999) |
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"China detains U.S., HK Falun Gong members"
by Carrie Lee (Reuters, December 15, 1999) |
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"Macao warns against Falun Gong rally during handover"
(Kyodo News Service, December 15, 1999) |
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"China bans formation of new qigong groups"
(Kyodo News Service, December 15, 1999) |
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"Stymied in China, Falun Gong rallies in Hong Kong"
by Todd Crowell ("Christian Science Monitor", December 14, 1999) |
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"Macau police warn Falun on handover protest"
by Jonathan Sharp (Reuters, December 15, 1999) |
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"4 Chinese Sect Members Said Charged"
(Associated Press, December 13, 1999) |
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"Meeting not political, claims sect"
by No Kwai-Yan and Antoine So ("South China Morning Post", December 13, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong protest at ministry by Chow Chung-Yan"
("South China Morning Post", December 13, 1999) |
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"Hong Kong Falungong Unbowed By Warnings"
(Agence France Presse, December 13, 1999) |
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"Four Falungong Arrested For Revealing Police Beating"
(Agence France Presse, December 13, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Hong Kong Meeting Shrugs Off China Warnings"
(Reuters, December 12, 1999) |
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"4 Chinese Sect Members Said Charged"
(Associated Press, December 13, 1999) |
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"China detains four over Falun Gong member's death"
(Reuters, December 13, 1999) |
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"Group Banned Elsewhere in China Meets in Hong Kong"
by Mark Landler ("The New York Times", December 13, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong says will not base in Hong Kong"
(Reuters, December 12, 1999) |
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"Falungong defy warnings and meet in Hong Kong"
(ABC, December 12, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Honors Rescinded: State, City Proclamations for Spiritual Group Irked Chinese"
by Steven Mufson ("The Washington Post", December 11, 1999) |
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"Members of banned sect rally in Hong Kong"
(CNN, December 11, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong demonstration"
(BBC, December 11, 1999) |
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"Worldwide Falungong Members Demonstrate In Hong Kong"
(Agence France Presse, December 11, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong rally approved"
by Alex Lo ("South China Morning Post", December 11, 1999) |
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"Outlawed sect fined $9.3m for evading tax"
by Vivien Pik-Kwan Chan ("South China Morning Post", December 11, 1999) |
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"Banned Sect Holds Session in Hong Kong"
by Marcos Calo Medina (Associated Press, December 11, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Followers Meet in HK, Appeal to China"
by Mishi Saran (Reuters, November 11, 1999) |
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"600 Falun Gong members march in Hong Kong"
(Kyodo News Service, December 11, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Protests Near Chinese Govt Office in HK"
(Bloomberg, December 11, 1999) |
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"Falungong Fined 10 Million For Tax Dodging"
(Agence France Presse, December 10, 1999) |
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"HK Government Sees No Problem With Falun Gong Demonstration"
(Bloomberg, December 9, 1999) |
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"China Arrests 103 Underground Religious Leaders"
(Agence France Presse, December 9, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong conference 'slap in the face'"
by Alex Lo ("South China Morning Post", December 9, 1999) |
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"'Father of atomic bomb' backs Falun Gong ban"
by Daniel Kwan ("South China Morning Post", December 9, 1999) |
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"Banned Chinese group to gather for Hong Kong conference"
(Associated Press, December 8, 1999) |
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"1,000 expected at 'sensitive' HK Falun Gong conference"
by Alex Lo ("South China Morning Post", December 8, 1999) |
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"Party orders further sect crackdowns"
by Willy Wo and Lap Lam ("South China Morning Post", December 8, 1999) |
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"Clinton lashes out at clamp on Falun Gong"
("South China Morning Post", December 8, 1999) |
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"Square protesters ejected"
by Josephine Ma ("South China Morning Post", December 8, 1999) |
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"China Expels Three Australian Falungong Members"
(Agence France Presse, December 7, 1999) |
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"China Rejects Clinton Criticism On Falungong"
(Agence France Presse, December 7, 1999) |
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"China Rebuffs U.S. Over Banned Sect"
by John Leicester (Associated Press, December 7, 1999) |
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"Clinton Criticizes China on Human Rights"
(Associated Press, December 7, 1999) |
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"China expels Australian members of banned group"
(Reuters, December 7, 1999) |
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"China's banned Falun Gong to converge on Hong Kong"
by Tan Ee Lyn (Reuters, December 7, 1999) |
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"China Criticizes US Over Falun Gong"
by John Leicester (Associated Press, December 7, 1999) |
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"China tells U.S. to stay out of Falun Gong crackdown"
(Kyodo News Service, December 7, 1999) |
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"H.K. to host int'l Falun Gong meeting"
(Kyodo News Service, December 7, 1999) |
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"Mainland Authorities Crack Down On Zhong Gong Followers"
(Agence France Presse, December 5, 1999) |
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"More Falun Gong Members Detained"
(Associated Press, December 5, 1999) |
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"China police target another spiritual movement"
(Reuters, December 4, 1999) |
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"More Falun Gong Detained in Beijing"
(Associated Press, December 3, 1999) |
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"Beijing Says 35,000 Members of Outlawed Sect Have Had `Run-Ins' with Police"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("The New York Times", December 3, 1999) |
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"Macau Resident Detained In China For Practicing Falungong"
(Agence France Presse, December 2, 1999) |
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"China Warns HK Falungong Not To Promote Group On The Mainland"
(Agence France Presse, December 2, 1999) |
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"Few Members of Large Sect to Face Trial, Beijing Says"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("The New York Times", December 2, 1999) |
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"China denies mass sect detentions, details cases"
by Paul Eckert ("Reuters", December 2, 1999) |
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"China Denies Detaining 35,000"
by Renee Schoof ("Associated Press", December 2, 1999) |
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"China arrests Macau member of banned Falun Gong"
("Reuters", December 2, 1999) |
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"China says Seattle scraps Falun Gong endorsement"
by Matt Pottinger ("Reuters", December 2, 1999) |
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"China upholds jail terms on Falun Gong leaders"
("Reuters", November 30, 1999) |
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"30 Falun Gong Members Sent to Camps"
("Associated Press", November 30, 1999) |
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"China Said to Detain 35,000 in Sect"
by John Pomfret ("The Washington Post, November 30, 1999) |
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"China Said Holds 35,000 Sect People"
("Associated Press", November 29, 1999) |
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"China detains 35,792 Falun Gong members in 3 months"
("Reuters", November 29, 1999) |
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"China state-run publisher hit for Falun Gong books"
("Reuters", November 29, 1999) |
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"China Expels 3 Falun Gong Members"
("Associated Press", November 27, 1999) |
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"Foreign members of sect arrested"
("Sydney Morning Herald", November 27, 1999) |
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"China expells Aussies for involvement in sect"
("Australian Broadcasting Corporation", November 27, 1999) |
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"Australian members of Falun Gong"
("Australian Broadcasting Corporation", November 27, 1999) |
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"China frees Swede after Falun Gong raid"
("Reuters", November 26, 1999) |
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"Chinese Police Detains U.S. Citizen"
("The Washington Post", November 26, 1999) |
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"Fight Against Falungong A 'Long-Term And Arduous Struggle'"
("Agence France Presse", November 26, 1999) |
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"4 foreigners at Falun Gong gathering detained"
("Kyodo News Service", November 26, 1999) |
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"China frees Swede after Falun Gong raid - HK group"
("Reuters", November 26, 1999) |
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"China Detains Foreigners"
by Joe McDonald ("Associated Press", November 26, 1999) |
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"China detains banned Falun members, foreigners"
("Reuters", November 26, 1999) |
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"Falungong Leader Formally Charged With Manufacturing Sect Products"
(Agence France Presse, November 25, 1999) |
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"China Puts Four From Sect on Trial"
("Associated Press", November 25, 1999) |
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"China imposes new laws for mass activities"
("Reuters", November 24, 1999) |
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"China sends 12 Falun Gong members to labour camp"
("Reuters", November 23, 1999) |
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"China recruits Canadian [James Randi] in Falun Gong fight"
("CBC News", November 22, 1999) |
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"China warns US lawmakers for continued backing of Falungong movement"
("Yahoo Singapore News", November 20, 1999) |
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"A Star Turn for China's Cult Buster"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("The New York Times", November 20, 1999) |
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"China puts Falun Gong members in work camp - group"
("Reuters", November 19, 1999) |
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"China regrets Congress's resolution on Falun Gong"
("Reuters", November 19, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Member To Be Sentenced"
by Elaine Kurtenbach (Associated Press, November 19, 1999) |
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"Falungong crackdown spreads to homes"
("Agence France Presse", November 19, 1999) |
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"China to try Falun Gong leaders, frees HK members"
("Reuters", November 18, 1999) |
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"Buddha's Children: China Reassures U.N. Chief on Banned Group"
By Erik Eckholm ("The New York Times", November 17, 1999) |
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"China charges 11 members of banned Falun Gong"
("Reuters", November 17, 1999) |
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"China's 'cybercops' clamp down"
by Kevin Platt ("Christian Science Monitor", November 17, 1999) |
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"Banned China Sect Members Protest"
("Associated Press", November 17, 1999) |
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"Annan avoids criticizing China over Falun Gong"
("Kyodo News Service", November 16, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong protests as Annan visits China"
by Benjamin Kang Lim ("Reuters", November 16, 1999) |
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"Persecution of the Falun Gong"
by E. J. Dionne Jr. ("The Washington Post", November 16, 1999) |
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"China Defends Ban of Falun Gong"
by Renee Schoof ("Associated Press", November 16, 1999) |
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"Police Detain Falun Gong Sect Members"
("Associated Press", November 16, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong members write to U.N. on human rights"
("Reuters", November 15, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Members Appeal to Annan"
("Associated Press", November 15, 1999) |
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Ancient Chinese religion snubs Falun Gong
by Nailene Chou Wiest ("Reuters", November 15, 1999) |
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"Falungong members punished ahead of UN chief's visit to China"
("France Presse", November 14, 1999) |
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"Annan in China for Timor, Falun Gong talks"
by Jeremy Page ("Reuters", November 14, 1999) |
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"China Indicts Sect Members"
("Associated Press", November 14, 1999) |
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"Pechino, carcere per i Falun Gong. La setta: «E' come a Tienanmen»"
Alessandra Farkas, ("Corriere della Sera", 13 novembre 1999) |
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"4 Falun Gong Leaders Hit With Prison Terms"
by Michael Laris ("The Washington Post", November 13, 1999) |
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"China Indicts Sect Members"
("Associated Press", November 13, 1999) |
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"UN boss concerned over sect's treatment"
("South China Morning Post", November 13, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong members jailed for up to 12 years"
("South China Morning Post", November 13, 1999) |
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"China court charges seven Falun Gong members"
("Reuters", November 13, 1999) |
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"Controls on Qi Gong Groups Stepped Up"
("South China Morning Post", November 12, 1999) |
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"China Sentences Falun Gong Members"
by Renee Schoof ("Associated Press", November 12, 1999) |
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"China jails first group of Falun Gong leaders"
Benjamin Kang Lim ("Reuters", November 12, 1999) |
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"China begins Falun Gong trials (1)"
("Kyodo News Service", November 12,1999) |
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"China begins Falun Gong trials (2)"
("Kyodo News Service", November 12, 1999) |
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"China jails Falun Gong leaders for up to 12 years"
("BBC-Reuters", November 12, 1999) |
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"Annan to Raise Falun Gong Issue in Beijing"
("Reuters", November 12, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong leader gets 12 years - The government has declared Falun Gong a cult"
("BBC", November 12, 1999) |
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"Chinese university students warned about Falun Gong"
(Kyodo News Service, November 11, 1999) |
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"China says treat Falun Gong members compassionately"
("Reuters", November 11, 1999) |
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"111 Falun Gong Members Arrested"
by John Leicester ("Associated Press", November 11, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong applies to metropolitan gov't for NPO status"
("Kyodo News Service", November 10, 1999) |
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"Foreign journalists protest ``harassment'' in China"
("Reuters", November 10, 1999) |
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"Three die, 1100 held in Falun Gong crackdown"
by Lynne O'Donnell, Beijing ("The Australian", November 10, 1999) |
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"Canada slams China over Falun Gong arrests"
("Reuters", November 9, 1999) |
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"Activists seek end of China's anti-Falun Gong push"
("Reuters", November 9, 1999) |
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"China Plans Catholic Church Breakup"
("Associated Press", November 9, 1999) |
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"China Warns U.S. Of New Difficulties Over Sect"
("Reuters", November 9, 1999) |
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"China Details Falun Gong Arrests, Denies Beatings"
by Paul Eckert ("Reuters", November 9, 1999) |
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"Crackdown on Sect Yields 111 Arrests, Beijing Announces"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("New York Times", November 9, 1999) |
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"Mass trials for Falun Gong"
("BBC", November 8, 1999) |
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"Banned Chinese group screens documentary video"
by Chris Michaud ("Reuters", November 8, 1999) |
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"China show trials aim to crush Falun Gong movement"
("Australian Broadcasting Corporation News", November 8, 1999) |
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"2 Falun Gong Members Die in Custody"
("Associated Press", November 8, 1999) |
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"China college teacher caught in Falun Gong dragnet"
("Reuters", November 7, 1999) |
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"Policeman charged under 'evil religion' law"
by Vivien Pik-Kwan Chan ("South China Morning Post", November 6, 1999) |
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"China Says Its Future Depends on Routing Banned Spiritual Movement"
by Erik Eckholm ("New York Times", November 6, 1999) |
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"While Defending Crackdown, China Admits Appeal of Sect"
by Elisabeth Rosenthal ("New York Times", November 5, 1999) |
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"China says Falun Gong will 'vanish' - An official said that members of the group had not been able to adapt to the nation's 'fast-developing society.' "
by John Pomfret ("The Washington Post", November 5, 1999) |
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"A Quiet Roar: China's Leadership Feels Threatened by a Sect Seeking Peace"
by Erik Eckholm ("New York Times", November 4, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Resumes Protests As Schroeder Visits"
by Jeremy Page ("Reuters", November 4, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Members Die In China Custody - HK Group"
("Reuters", November 4, 1999) |
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"Banned Sect Attracted Lost Souls"
by John Leicester ("Associated Press", November 4, 1999) |
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"The China Regime's Haunted House"
by Jim Mann ("Los Angeles Times", November 3, 1999) |
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"China Formally Charges Falun Gong"
by John Leicester ("Associated Press", November 3, 1999) |
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"China prepares Falun Gong trials"
("Kyodo News Service", November 3, 1999) |
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"Resolution supporting Falun Gong eyed for U.S. Congress"
("Kyodo News Service", November 3, 1999) |
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"Chinese embassy says Falun Gong destabilizing"
by Tabassum Zakaria ("Reuters", November 2, 1999) |
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"Diplomat Defends Falun Gong Ban"
by George Gedda (Associated Press, November 2, 1999) |
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"ANALYSIS-Cult scares Chinese communist party"
by Benjamin Kang Lim ("Reuters", November 2, 1999) |
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"Sect leaders arrested in China"
("BBC", November 2, 1999) |
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"China's Rule of Law"
(editorial opinion, "The Washington Post", November 2, 1999) |
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"Four Falun Gong leaders charged in China"
("Associated Press", November 1, 1999) |
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"China Charges 4 Sect Leaders - Trial Would Be First in Beijing During Crackdown on Falun Gong"
by John Pomfret ("The Washington Post", November 1, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Reminds China of Past"
by Charles Hutzler ("Associated Press", November 1, 1999) |
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"Close Vigil Kept on China Protests"
by John Leicester ("Associated Press", November 1, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Leaders Charged in China"
by Renee Schoof ("Associated Press", November 1, 1999) |
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"China Opens Way For Death Penalty For Cult Leaders - New Measure Is Aimed at Falun Gong,Which Continues Its Protest in Beijing"
by John Pomfret ("The Washington Post", October 31, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong leaders charged"
("BBC", October 31, 1999) |
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"China bans Falun Gong - Falun Gong: Labelled a cult then banned"
("BBC", October 30, 1999) |
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"China parliament passes cult law amid protests by members of the Falun Gong"
("Reuters", October 30, 1999) |
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"Police drag female Falun Gong protesters from Tiananmen Square: Members Allege Persecution in Crackdown"
("CNN", October 30, 1999) |
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"Heavy Chinese police presence deters sect protests"
("Reuters", October 29, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Protests Intensify"
by Charles Hutzler ("Associated Press", October 29, 1999) |
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"Tiananmen Square still under police siege after Falungong protests"
("AFP", October 29, 1999) |
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"China brands Falungong a cult"
("BBC", October 28, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Members Ask for Tolerance"
by Charles Hutzler ("Associated Press", October 28, 1999) |
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"Falun Gong Protests for Third Day"
by Michael Laris ("The Washington Post", October 28, 1999) |
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"China hits out at sect. Police detained dozens of protesters in Tiananmen Square"
("Fox News", October 28, 1999) |
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"Adherents Of Banned China Sect Ask For Help"
("Fox News", October 28, 1999) |
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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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"China Touts 'Healthy, Scientific' Alternatives To Falungong"
(Agence France Presse, August 11, 1999) |
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Interview: Li Hongzhi
"I am just a very ordinary man"
by Anthony Spaeth ("Time Magazine", vol. 154, n. 4, August 2, 1999) |
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"Li Hongzhi: Cult leader or benign teacher?"
(BBC, July 23, 1999) |
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"The Man with the Qi - His spiritual movement has galvanized millions in China. But Li Hongzhi has more on his mind"
by David Van Biema ("Time Magazine", vol. 153, no. 18, May 10, 1999) |
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Interview with Li Hongzhi
("Time Magazine Asia", May 10, 1999) |