All Zhang Tianliang’s faith in the Communist Party crumbled right there, in a large state auditorium in Beijing.
They had all been waiting there, hundreds of them, shut inside since the morning on a sweltering day in July 1999, bewildered.
It was the start of a bloody persecution, the likes of which hadn’t been since the Cultural Revolution, although no one knew at the time. “Wait until 3 p.m. You will see it on TV,” the officers told them.
At 3 p.m. sharp came the revelation: Falun Gong, the spiritual practice they and millions of others had taken up, had been banned by the Chinese leadership. As the crowd processed their shock, a state-run documentary began to play on the many television screens mounted to the ceiling, attacking the founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Hongzhi….
A Scholar Escaped China Two Decades Ago. Now He’s Warning About Beijing’s Infiltration in America.
A Scholar Escaped China Two Decades Ago. Now He’s Warning About Beijing’s Infiltration in America.
All Zhang Tianliang’s faith in the Communist Party crumbled right there, in a large state auditorium in Beijing.
They had all been waiting there, hundreds of them, shut inside since the morning on a sweltering day in July 1999, bewildered.
It was the start of a bloody persecution, the likes of which hadn’t been since the Cultural Revolution, although no one knew at the time. “Wait until 3 p.m. You will see it on TV,” the officers told them.
At 3 p.m. sharp came the revelation: Falun Gong, the spiritual practice they and millions of others had taken up, had been banned by the Chinese leadership. As the crowd processed their shock, a state-run documentary began to play on the many television screens mounted to the ceiling, attacking the founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Hongzhi….