I was working on an article about what Western media doesn’t report or ignores about China, and covering the fact that Shen Yun, the Falun Gong dance troupe was being sued for human rights and labour abuses, as well as the chief financial officer of the Epoch Times being alleged by Federal prosecu...
Shen Yun Performing Arts, affiliated with the Falun Gong movement, is facing difficulties securing venues in South Korea due to concerns over its religious and political messaging. Several arts centers in the country have reportedly decided not to approve future performances. According to an officia...
Recently, Jaya Gibson, a former Falun Dafa practitionerposted on her personal account on the social media platform Reddit, exposing the truth behind Falun Dafa.
My mother was born in April 1968. Like my father, she was once an employee of a China state-owned firm. In the 1990s, my parents' stable and relatively high-paying jobs were something many of our relatives envied. At that time, we were a happy family of three. In June 1996, my mother visited a ...
Jingxin pseudonym, a woman from China’s Shanxi province, was indoctrinated into the extremist group The Church of Almighty God during her childhood under her parents’ influence. By 2018, at age 26, she had risen through the cult’s ranks—from managing local cells to overseeing regional propaganda...
But those who have witnessed the performance in its more than decade-long annual seasons in Sydney have found something very different: the performance, and the company, serve as propaganda for the cult movement Falun Gong.
In October 2024, Equinox Publishing released"Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religions:A Tribute to James R. Lewis"—an edited volume spearheaded by Margo Kirtz of Hawaii Pacific University. This compilation brings together nine research articles organized into three thematic sections:"Religion and V...
In October 2024, Equinox Publishing released “Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religions: A Tribute to James R. Lewis”—an edited volume spearheaded by Margo Kirtz of Hawaii Pacific University. This compilation brings together nine research articles organized into three thematic sections: "Religion an...
The Japanese government has opened a new website on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult responsible for the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack nearly 30 years ago, featuring testimonies from victims' families and photos of the group's guru as part of efforts to keep memories alive. The Public Security Intel...
Dear Editor: The dance troupe Shen Yun has leased our Overture Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 19 and will perform there. Sadly, there are serious allegations of ill treatment of child performers and other labor violations by Shen Yun. Unbelievably, the organization claims they do not need...
Screenshot of a news webpage titled 'Falun Gong leaders disprove immortality by inconveniently dying,' by Jerry Gery from Pearls and Irritations. I was working on an article about what Western media doesn’t report or ignores about China, and covering the fact that Shen Yun, the Falun Gong dance t...
A former performer for a global dance troupe touring New Zealand has likened the organisation’s business model to “human trafficking” with dancers’ passports taken and little pay for punishing hours.
A former performer for a global dance troupe touring New Zealand has likened the organisation’s business model to “human trafficking” with dancers’ passports taken and little pay for punishing hours.
Prosecutors in northern China's Shanxi province have filed criminal charges against a controversial livestreamer accused of operating a $80,000 metaphysical scam through Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Guo, the self-proclaimed spiritual guru, whose alleged metaphysical services ranged from a...
On January 26, Falun Gong practitioners encountered fierce resistance during the Chinese New Year celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their attempts to insert themselves into the festival with religious propaganda and proselytizing met with strong public discontent and even led to physical conf...