China Central Television is the state-controlled television broadcast service. It falls under the authority of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and has suffered the attention of the Chinese leader himself.
Four Falun Dafa followers are staging a three-day hunger strike in New Zealand.
In Western societies, many people believe it was the Chinese government’s decision to persecute Falun Gong, and that after Jiang was no longer in power, his influence would remain the same. Is this the reality? Some facts are listed below to provide a brief discussion of this issue:
We’re talking about an authoritarian government with a legacy of tens of millions of murders that claims it has always served the best interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people; it will later censor SARS coverage after supposedly coming clean about its cover-up.
Ms. Li Ying, a Falun Gong practitioner and resident of Youyan Street, Wanghua District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, was kidnapped and beaten to death by Chinese police on April 2nd, 2003, according to sources in China.
Five practitioners of Falun Gong from Jilin Province have died due to physical and psychological torture inflicted in Chinese detention centers and labor camps.
Story of Ms. Jia Dongmei’s death at the hands of Hebei Forestry Bureau “610 Office” and detention center. She suffered long-term persecution because she persisted in her belief in Falun Dafa. She was tortured to death on May 19, 2003.
The concessions announced on Saturday would notably see the removal of a provision enabling authorities to proscribe organisations banned in China, including the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
The TV channels that usually report Hong Kong news in Guangdong Province were showing other programs, and the Chinese media reported only celebration activities held by the Hong Kong government.
President of Hong Kong Reporters Association Ms. Cheong Bingling said that the amendment could not eliminate the concerns of the association. Adding public interest as a defense only answered one of the demands of the media circle.
I will no longer need to criticize myself from my conscience when I make a wrong choice between truth and falsehood. It is high time I spoke the truth from my heart. How uncomfortably I have lived throughout my life!
I am an ordinary Australian with no Chinese background or connection. Yet I
have had some experience of Falun Gong.