China and ""Falun Gong"" (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Feb. 4, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RS20333 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Thomas Lum, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The "Falun Gong" movement has produced the largest and most protracted publicdemonstrations in China since the democracy movement of 1989. The People'sRepublic of China (PRC) government, fearful of a political challenge and the spread ofsocial unrest, outlawed Falun Gong in July 1999. Despite a massive governmentcampaign against them and harsh punishments meted out to many followers, FalunGong members continued to stage demonstrations for over two years. Falun Gongsupporters have also interrupted television programming in several PRC cities andbroadcast their own images. In the last few years, the movement has been largelysuppressed in China while it has thrived in overseas Chinese communities. On October4, 2004, the House of Representatives agreed to H.Con.Res. 304, which called upon thePRC government to cease persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and stopharassment of Falun Gong members in the United States.
