Falun Gong is beginning to look a lot like China's version of Scientology. Aside from featuring "aliens" and a "spinning wheel" in their beliefs, their measures for acceptance and promotion have recently been called into question. Falun Gong...incorporates a spiritual element and some unique beliefs...
New York Times published "A glimpse of Chinese culture that some find hard to watch" to exposure cold reception of Chinese New Year Splendor on Feb 6. In fact, in January of last year, the celebrated Associated Press has also written this article to show the propaganda essence for the show.
I was on my way home on the MRT this afternoon, and there was this middle-aged woman, seated, with this big banner in front of her. I read the 1st 2 words, and that was quite enough. Falun Gong. Hold it right there, you geeks with Wikipedia search bars. Wikipedia is amazingly poorly informed on this...
Radio New Zealand reported on Feburay 8 that Falun Gong would not be allowed to take part in the festivities for the Year of the Rat, which began on Thursday in New Zealand and other countries and will last for two weeks. It has been prevented from taking part in the celebrations for the second year...
The Immigration Department's refusal to allow Taiwanese Falun Gong members to enter Hong Kong during the 10th handover anniversary was not motivated by religious discrimination, a high court judge said yesterday as he dismissed the group's application for a judicial review. Court of First Instance j...
22 Falun Gong practitioners in Bangkok were arrested over the Chinese New Year, sources from Bangkok Post on February 14. 13 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested during protests in front of the Chinese embassy in Bangkok. Another nine people were reportedly also detained later that day while dis...
Maybe you've received a flier to see a show at Radio City Music Hall called Chinese New Year Splendor, which is promoted as a holiday celebration of China's diverse cultural riches. But mixed within the traditional Mongolian dancing, orchestral music and Buddhist parables are dramatizations of the C...
The famous New York Times published an article to describe scene happened during the so-called Chinese New Year Splendor held by New Tang Dynasty Television. It said "at intermission, dozens of people, perhaps a few hundred, were leaving."
6. Performance of the cult is not acclaimed Two years ago Falun Gong started to vigorously hold the so-called "Chinese New Year Galas" and "Divine performances" in the name of showcasing traditional Chinese culture so as to deceit the public with their so-called "Chinese divine culture". In this yea...
In 2006, Kaiwind released an article -2006: The year of grief to Falun Gong. The article that outlined "ten major failures" of Falun Gong in 2006, not only greatly encouraged people around the world but also discouraged many "Falun Dafa" believers. Here we would like to share with the readers "ten m...
People especially the foreigners always think Falun Gong as a mixed-religion. Now, Falun Gong members acquiesce in the definition for it is helpful for them to achieve a fine reputation. But, Falun Gong is really not a religion. And they denied to be a religion at the beginning. In this article publ...
On January 23, 2001 (Chinese Lunar New Year`s Eve), under the instigation of Li Hongzhi's fallacies, 7 Falun Gong members made self-immolation on Tian'anman Square, resulting in a tragidy with one dead and four badly injured. Chen Guo, 19, young and versatile, studying in a music college, was one ...
The confrontation between the Falun Gong and the Chinese government has reached a new level, Beijing declaring 18-months after it banned the sect that poses a "serious threat".
It's not every day that a show comes to town on the wings of claims that watching it might bring tangible health benefits. But that's what was heard at a pre-show reception from tenor Guimin Guan, a performer who sings "Holy Falun King" near the end of the 2 12- hour Chinese New Year Spectacular. T...
This article was posted on Yellojkt's blog. He and his family have attended a Holiday Wonders Show at the Lyric Opera House. At the end of his article, he awakes anyone who plans to see the show: If you like this sort of ethnic showcase, enjoy the production, but be aware that the group supporting t...