Ten years after the tragic moment that changed her life, Hao Huijun, a former Falun Gong believer who survived setting herself on fire, is still struggling with remorse and pain.
Falun Gong, Destiny Church and the Exclusive Brethren are perhaps three of New Zealand's most controversial religious group. Dr Green says that it is impossible to define a cult and instead encourages for people to look at the leader of the group as they are all sociopaths.
Falun Gong promotes Shen Yun performance using false advertisements. Many net friends express their feelings on the net of Yelp after watching the performance. They say the performance is advocating Falun Gong in the guise of traditional Chinese arts and warn people not be duped.
The problem is there is a "Falun Dafa" agenda woven through the whole performance that is not revealed in any of the "Shen Yun Performing Arts" advertising. They do give a little glimpse of their mission statement on their website, but there is nothing mentioned about "Falun Dafa".
What the promotions don't tell you is Shen Yun is widely regarded as a propaganda arm of the conservative Chinese religious sect Falun Gong, which has been banned since 1999 by the government of China. The Shen Yun show, by many reviewers' accounts, mixes heavy-handed political theater.
Falun Gong promotes Shen Yun performance using false advertisements. Many net friends express their feelings on the net of Yelp after watching the performance. They say the performance is advocating Falun Gong in the guise of traditional Chinese arts and warn people not be duped.
A Jakarta court on Monday dismissed a motion filed by the Falun Gong spiritual group against a government decree that blocked its bid to register as a legitimate organization. The State Administrative Court said the case was outside its jurisdiction.
A scathing opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun calls the Shen Yun "creepy" and the backdrops "garish," but mostly seems to have a problem with the show’s politics.I haven’t seen it, but for those who’ve seen it in the past: is it as much spectacle as it the ubiquitous billboards say it is? Did the me...
At the conclusion of the symposium I had the unique opportunity to personally visit with former cult members in China. The two women I spoke with were once actively involved in Falun Gong. Falun Gong was founded in China during 1992 by a man named Li Hongzhi, who now lives in the U.S..
The Shen Yun Performing Arts show is a series of Chinese dances and performances, strung together with a common theme: "Falun Dafa is Good". I do not recommend this show to anybody, really, unless you are a follower of Dafa or are highly interested in it.
If this book I'm holding here had been published in 1997 instead of 2007, I probably wouldn't have set out to write my own book on the history and cultural origins of qigong. I also probably wouldn't have failed in that endeavor and ended up putting my collection of writings up on Internet.
As neighborhoods across the city are lining the streets with Old Glory for the holiday, Chinatown's Independence Day festivities have become mired in controversy, with members of a spiritual group asserting that discrimination has stalled their efforts to enter the annual neighborhood parade.
This Wikipedia article on Falun Gong — disputed for an alleged failure of neutrality — contains some rich background, and anyone who has walked the streets of New York or Washington has most likely seen the group’s fliers. The information is out there, Post editors.
On 6 November, Istvan Simon wrote: I do not particularly care whatever Li Hongzhi may or not have said in front of television cameras. That is because I think Li Hongzhi is not the Falun Gong. Massoud Malek responds:Could we also say Jesus is not Christianity or Muhammad is not Islam?
Don't be fooled by those seemingly mild-mannered Falun Gong folks trying to hand out flyers at subway stations all over the city, they're hardcore fitness fanatics. Their workout can kick your butt and it's tougher than any yoga-lates nonsense, as I discovered by infiltrating their ranks.