The cavernous Long Beach Terrace Theater echoes with classical Chinese music as more than a dozen dancers expertly manipulate colorful fans that sweep like wind and snap like fire. In precise ...

The Jewish people and the State of Israel have been among the staunchest allies of Falun Gong practitioners in their quarter-century of peaceful resistance to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ...

As the Encyclopaedia Britannica describes it, Falun Gong or Falungong (“the Practice of the Wheel of Dharma”), also called Falundafa, is a spiritual movement founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992; its ...

Walking toward Chicago’s Federal Plaza a few months ago, I saw what appeared to be a rather large aggregate of people engaging in aerobic exercises. On closer inspection, however, the group—many of ...

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Thirteen/WNET New York's series DUE EAST presents Falun Gong's Challenge to China, a hard-hitting investigation of China’s policy towards a spiritual movement that claims 100 million followers ...

The Falun Gong exercise “Penetrating the Two Cosmic Extremes” is supposed to make me a better person, channel the energy of the cosmos through me, and improve the appearance of my crow’s feet. I would ...

Chinese police call people like Liu Shujuan die-hard elements. After the government banned Falun Gong, her spiritual practice, Liu traveled three times to protest in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The ...

And why does the Chinese government want to destroy it? The name Falun Gong (the practice of the wheel of Dharma) refers to five sets of lotus postures and hand movement exercises set to Chinese music ...

The truth is that many Falun Gong practitioners report improved health, increased energy, mental clarity, and stress relief as a result of the practice. The Jewish people and the State of Israel have ...