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Taiwan: Shen Yun Presents a “Divine Production” in Four Cities

World NewsApril 9, 20160Comments

Shen Yun performed nineteen sold-out shows from March 17 to April 3, 2016, in four cities in Taiwan: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Chiayi, and Tainan. The performances also attracted theatergoers from mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Attendees felt “touched” and “cleansed” by both the visual and cultural aspects of the production. Some also expressed admiration and appreciation for…

New Zealand: Rally in Support of 230 Million Who Have Quit the Chinese Communist Party

World NewsApril 9, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioners held a rally on Queen Elizabeth Square in downtown Auckland, New Zealand on April 2, 2016 in support of 230 million Chinese people who have withdrawn their memberships in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. A crowd was attracted by the huge banners, display boards, a performance by waist drummers,…

More Than 200 Want to Learn Falun Gong at Sweden’s Largest Health Expo

World NewsApril 9, 20160Comments

Sweden’s largest health expo, the Harmoni-Expo, was held in Solna on April 2-3, 2016. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to the annual event, and introduced the practice to the public. More than 300 vendors took part in the exhibition in suburban Stockholm. Many people visited the Falun Gong booth, attended the introductory presentation, and watched the…

Senior Citizen Harassed by Police for Suing Jiang Zemin

China NewsApril 8, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Tang Heping, in his 60s, has been harassed by local police officers for suing Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese dictator. He filed his lawsuit with the Supreme People's Procuratorate in September 2015. Mr. Tang is from Shunhe Town, Shunqing District, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. He was arrested and taken to the Shunhe Town…

Raising Awareness in Australia: ‘The Perpetrators Must Be Brought to Justice’

Australia NewsApril 3, 20160Comments

Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises on Pitt Street, the busiest street in Sydney, Australia, on the afternoon of March 31, 2016 to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China and call on Australian people to urge Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ask the Chinese president to stop the persecution during his…

Calling for Justice and Human Rights During Chinese President’s US Visit

China News, World NewsApril 3, 20160Comments

On the first day of his trip to Washington D.C., Chinese president Xi Jinping met with a call to bring the main culprit of the persecution of Falun Gong to justice. Xi arrived in Andrews Air Force Base on March 30 for the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. Falun Gong practitioners from Washington D.C. held up banners…

Time Waits for No One

InsightsApril 3, 20160Comments

In most cases when people become aware of mistakes that they have made, they might look for opportunities to undo them and make it right. For a cultivator, things might not be as simple as that. Since cultivation is a process that continually pushes forward, the opportunities to undo something that was not right might be…

Police Protect and Support Falun Gong Practitioners

China NewsApril 3, 20160Comments

Police officers are the mainstay of the Chinese communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa), and they play a critical role in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners have repeatedly told them the facts about this cultivation practice and its principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Once the officers understand that they are persecuting good…

Taipei: Organ Harvesting in China Exposed at Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress

World NewsApril 3, 20160Comments

The 31st Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (APAO 2016) was held from March 24 to 27 in Taipei, Taiwan. Many eye doctors and medical professionals learned from this event about the organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. More than 4,000 ophthalmologists and healthcare professionals from Asia and other continents participated in the congress.…

Bendigo: Falun Dafa Participates in Easter Parade for 16th Year

Australia NewsMarch 31, 20160Comments

It was the 16th time that Falun Dafa practitioners in Melbourne returned to the annual spectacular Bendigo Easter Parade, held this year on March 27. They were warmly applauded and cheered by local residents and tourists from around the world, who had packed both sides of the streets along the parade route. The Falun Dafa procession…

Australia: Citizens Urge Prime Minister to Bring Up Falun Gong During China Visit

Australia NewsMarch 31, 20160Comments

Residents and visitors of the Sydney suburb of Burwood City signed postcards addressed to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, urging him to raise concerns about the persecution of Falun Gong during his upcoming visit to China on April 14 and 15. These petitioners were outraged by the brutality of the persecution of the spiritual practice, having stopped…

The Divine Land Marching Band Debuts in San Francisco’s Easter Parade

World NewsMarch 31, 20160Comments

For the first time, Falun Dafa practitioners in the Bay Area participated in the annual Easter Parade in San Francisco, California. More than 100,000 people were involved in this afternoon event on Union Street on March 27. As the Divine Land Marching Band played the melody “Falun Dafa Is Good,” the spectators responded with waves of…