Li Xia, of Qufu City, Shandong Province, started to practice Falun Gong after retiring in 1996, hoping to be able to cure her mother's diabetes. Thinking that Falun Gong was omnipotent, she took her mother home from the hospital where she had been receiving treatment, and asked her to practice Falun Gong with her. She stopped her mother's injections and refused to allow her to take medicine. She taught her to sit cross-legged in Falun Gong meditation. As a result, her mother died due to the delay of medical treatment.
This tragedy opened Li Xia's eyes to the real nature of Falun Gong and the charlatan Li Hongzhi.
