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“500-year Flood” Hits British Columbia, Canada

World NewsNovember 24, 20210Comments

Nov. 22, 2021 | By Minghui correspondent Ji Zhenyan ______________________________________ (Minghui.org) Four solid days of heavy rainfall beginning November 14 in British Columbia, Canada, caused severe floods and mudslides and paralysed traffic. As of November 17, the floods had caused one death and three people unaccounted for, and about 18,000 people were displaced. The governor of British…

Wuhan City, Hubei Province: Brainwashing Centres Set Up Targeting Falun Gong Practitioners

China NewsNovember 24, 20210Comments

Nov. 23, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent in Hubei Province, China ________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) As part of the “zero-out” campaign aimed to force every Falun Gong practitioner on the government’s blacklists to renounce their faith, the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and 610 Office in the Wuchang District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, set up three brainwashing…

Lawyers: Prosecutors and Judges Turned Into Political Weapons to Persecute Good People

China NewsNovember 24, 20210Comments

Nov. 23, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent in Guangdong Province, China ____________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) During the hearing of a case against a Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province woman for her faith in Falun Gong, her lawyers accused the authorities of imposing political persecution on their client while neglecting their duty of serving justice. Falun Gong, also known as…

Acrylic Painting: Pure Lotus in the Muddy World

InsightsNovember 24, 20210Comments

June 15, 2021 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Cheongju, South Korea ________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) In today's pandemic-stricken world where the battle between good and evil is raging and people struggle to tell right from wrong, Falun Dafa is bringing hope to the world and lighting up the path toward the future. Despite twenty-one years of…

Opinion: The Peng Shuai Incident of a Former Vice Premier of China and His Deep Involvement in the Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsNovember 24, 20210Comments

Nov. 19, 2021 | By Ouyang Fei _____________________ (Minghui.org) A Chinese tennis superstar’s recent sexual assault accusation against a former vice premier has caught the world’s attention. Many people have viewed the scandal as retribution for that official’s other, bigger crimes. Peng Shuai, 35, is one of China’s tennis superstars. She won the women’s doubles championship at…

San Francisco: Stories from Our Exercise Site at Golden Gate Park

World NewsNovember 22, 20210Comments

Nov. 21, 2021 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in San Francisco (Minghui.org) We do the Falun Dafa exercises in the beautiful Golden Gate Park from 9 to 11 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday morning. I would like to tell you some stories from our exercise site. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is a famous attraction that…

Finland: People Condemn the CCP and Sign Petition to End the Decades-long Persecution

World NewsNovember 22, 20210Comments

Nov. 20, 2021 | By Falun Dafa practitioners in Finland (Minghui.org) Outside Kamppi shopping centre in the capital city of Helsinki, Falun Dafa practitioners held their usual information activity on November 13. Every Saturday they share the beauty of the mind-body practice with passersby and inform them of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the practice…

West Palm Beach and Boston: Shen Yun Leaves Theatergoers in Awe of Chinese Culture and Spirituality

World NewsNovember 22, 20210Comments

Nov. 20, 2021 | By Minghui correspondents Zhou Wenying and Ji Zhenyan (Minghui.org) Shen Yun Performing Arts presented four performances in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Boston, Massachusetts on November 8–14, 2021. Numerous audience members commented in amazement at the rich spirituality of Chinese culture and its connections with their own values. The Shen Yun World Company presented…

Longquanyi Women’s Prison Laced Falun Gong Practitioners’ Food With Unknown Drugs and Drew Their Blood Without Consent

China NewsNovember 22, 20210Comments

Nov. 19, 2021 | By a Mingui correspondent in Sichuan Province, China (Minghui.org) The authorities at Longquanyi Women’s Prison drugged incarcerated Falun Gong practitioners in order to force them to give up their belief, according to Ms. Zhong Shufeng, one of the victims. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind-body practice that has been…

1,963 Falun Gong Practitioners Reported Arrested and Harassed in September and October 2021

China NewsNovember 22, 20210Comments

Nov. 18, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) During the past two months (September and October 2021) 764 reports of Falun Gong practitioners being arrested and 1,199 harassed for their faith were recorded, bringing the total arrest and harassment cases reported this year so far to 4,939 and 9,435, respectively. Falun Gong, also known as Falun…

Blizzard in Inner Mongolia Breaks 70-Year Record

China NewsNovember 21, 20210Comments

Nov. 11, 2021 | By Minghui correspondent Ji Zhenyan (Minghui.org) Tongliao City of Inner Mongolia was hit with a 46-hour snowfall from November 7 to 8. As of November 9, the accumulative snowfall was 81.3 cm (or 32 inches) and snow depth was 59 cm (or 23 inches), breaking the snow depth record from 1951. Meteorologists…

108 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith Reported in October 2021

China NewsNovember 18, 20210Comments

Nov. 17, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) The month of October 2021 recorded 108 Falun Gong practitioners sentenced to prison for their faith, bringing the year-to-date sentencing cases confirmed in 2021 to 1,036. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Three…