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Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Debuts 2016 Asia Tour in Tokyo, Japan

World NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

The Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra began its 2016 concert tour by presenting its unique blend of East and West to a full-house audience in Tokyo Japan, on the afternoon of September 15. As part of the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts, the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra has toured North America each autumn since 2012. This…

Bowral, Australia: Falun Gong Warmly Received at Annual Tulip Time Festival Parade

Australia NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

“Falun Gong has unique spiritual content, which can bring people to a different realm,” said Kurt Newman as he watched the Falun Gong waist drum performance at the annual Tulip Time Festival parade in Bowral, Australia on September 17, 2016. Mr. Newman, chair of the Southern Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is glad to…

Queensland, Australia: New Practice Site Welcomed in Gold Coast

Australia NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

Visitors to Harley Park were inspired to learn Falun Dafa after seeing the exercises at a new practice site at this popular park in Gold Coast, Queensland on September 10, 2016. Harley Park is one of northern Gold Coast’s busiest recreation areas and attracts walkers, cyclists, and other active people. Falun Dafa practitioners at the newest practice…

Australia: Falun Dafa Inspires Visitors to Ormeau Fair on the Gold Coast

Australia NewsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

Many Australians felt something special after learning about Falun Dafa at the Ormeau Fair on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The Ormeau Lions Club invited Falun Dafa practitioners for the fourth year in a row to the fair held on September 3-4, 2016. The major community event attracts thousands of people each year. An Asian…

Wonju, South Korea: Tian Guo Marching Band Performs at International Festival

World NewsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

The Falun Dafa group's Tian Guo Marching Band were once again invited to perform at the 2016 Wonju Dynamic Dancing Carnival. The band took part in the grand finale of the 6-day event, a closing ceremony and a large-scale parade on September 10. About 475,000 visitors attended the event between September 6 and 11. The…

Massive Protest in Xiantao and the Persecution of Falun Gong

China NewsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

Tens of thousands of people held a protest against the construction of a trash incineration plant in Xiantao, Hubei Province on June 25 and 26, 2016. The local government mustered several thousand police to suppress the protestors, who were expressing their concerns about the environmental consequences of operating such a plant in their city. The…

Wollongong, Australia: Falun Gong Group Welcomed in Spring Festival

Australia NewsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

The Tian Guo Marching band in Sydney was invited to participate in the 35th Spring into Corrimal festival (Corrimal a suburb of Greater Wollongong) on September 11, 2016. The band was well received with warm applause from spectators. The “Spring into Corrimal” Family Festival, one of the biggest one-day events in New South Wales, attracted…

A Village Experiences the Goodness of Falun Dafa Practitioners

InsightsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners cleaned up hazardous conditions in our village, and my daughter thought of other family members first and gave up claims to a new house and land. Practitioners Clean the Bridge There is a bridge that you must pass over to enter or leave our village. It was difficult for pedestrians to cross…

Toronto Falun Gong Practitioners Wish Master Li Hongzhi a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

World NewsSeptember 16, 20160Comments

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached (this year it is on September 15), Falun Gong practitioners from Toronto, Canada, gathered at Queen's Park last Saturday to send holiday greetings to Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong. They demonstrated the exercises together and provided information to the public about this traditional Chinese practice based on the…

Spreading the Beauty of Dafa at My Beauty Shop

InsightsSeptember 15, 20160Comments

I began to practice Falun Dafa in September 1996, at the age of 32. By the age of 48 I had experienced the persecution firsthand, which was initiated by Jiang Zemin, the former head of the communist regime, in 1999. Nevertheless, I did not give up practicing Dafa. After the persecution started, I was arrested…

Malaysia: Falun Dafa Parades Celebrate Moon Festival

World NewsSeptember 15, 20160Comments

As the tradition of Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival) approaches, Malaysian Falun Dafa practitioners celebrated on September 4 by putting on parades in Pandan Indah and Petaling Jaya, two major cities near the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Pandan Indah: The Public Needs to Know This The parade in Pandan Indah was led by the…

University of South Carolina at Aiken Offers Falun Dafa Course

World NewsSeptember 15, 20160Comments

Students and local residents now have a chance to learn an ancient Chinese cultivation practice in a course offered by the Academy of Lifelong Learning at the University of South Carolina in Aiken this fall semester. The course, “Falun Dafa Cultivation and Meditation,” is being taught by Dr. Frank Tian Xie, an associate professor of…