Editor's notes: Paul Stott, a common English recorded his comments about Falun Gong and its free Epoch Times on March 16 and January 10 respectively. He thinks the man who gave him the paper about Falun Gong, is either a well indoctrinated cult member, or had just taken the work to earn a few quid. He also says Falun Gong is a cranky religious rat.
Falun Gong on the streets of London
March 16, 2008
Out and about yesterday, I was handed a free newspaper outside Liverpool Street station.
I have commented before on the scandal that Tesco is distributing the Epoch Times, a free newspaper distributed by the Chinese religious cult Falun Gong.
Falun Gong is of course perfectly capable of distributing its own rubbish, and on Saturday 4-5 distributors were busy at Liverpool Street. When I asked the young East European man who gave me the paper about Falun Gong, he feigned ignorance - indicating he is either a well indoctrinated cult member, or genuinely did not know what I was talking about, and had just taken the work to earn a few quid.
Would I be right in guessing that as opposition grows to Chinese policy in various fields, we will be seeing a lot more of The Epoch Times.
Original text from: http://paulstott.typepad.com/i_intend_to_escape_and_co/2008/03/falun-gong-on-t.html
Why are Tesco getting into bed with Chinese dissidents?
January 10, 2008
Shopping in the Goodge Street branch of Tesco yesterday, I noticed a free newspaper stand.
You do not normally get free papers in Tesco (or indeed free anything) and I took a copy of The Epoch Times from the stand. What is The Epoch Times?
Well firstly it is a weekly newspaper, which at first reading appears to concentrate on health matters and international news, mostly pertaining to China. It clearly has a strong anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bent, serialising "Nine Commentaries On The Communist Party" - a book exposing the CCP. Not exactly the sort of thing you expect to find next to the adverts for Tesco Clubcard.
The newspapers interest in health, and indeed five minutes digging around on the Internet, also makes me suspect that The Epoch Times is linked to the controversial Chinese cult Falun Gong. I hold no brief for the Chinese Communist Party, or the evil old men who have traditionally run it. But I can also smell a cranky religious rat a mile off.
What the hell is Tesco doing in bed with The Epoch Times?
Original text from: http://paulstott.typepad.com/i_intend_to_escape_and_co/2008/01/why-are-tesco-g.html
(typepad.com, March 16 & , January 10, 2008)
