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Coronavirus Special Edition How the Chinese Communist Party brought the world to a standstill, and where to find hope for the future

INSIDE: How the CCP covered up the virus and misled the world | How the CCP’s nature made the pandemic inevitable | How can we prevent another disaster going forward? | Introduction to Falun Dafa: A path to health and well-being

MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG 1 Dear reader, Coronavirus How the Chinese Communist Party’s cover-up Like many other publications, this issue of Minghui International is dedicated to the coronavirus pandemic that continues to impact our daily lives. But rather led to a global pandemic and how we can truly than getting mired in political debates, we seek to address the root causes of the stay safe pandemic’s spread and lessons we can learn to avoid a future tragedy like this one. We hope you will stay safe during this challenging time. PART ONE: COVERING UP THE VIRUS AND MISLEADING WHO WE ARE THE WORLD The insights and perspectives contained in this magazine are informed by practi- tioners of Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, a spiritual and meditation discipline Timeline...... 4 that gained widespread popularity in China but consequently became the target of The CCP’s Worldwide Disinformation Campaign...... 6 persecution by the communist regime (read more on page 19). The CCP’s Numbers Game...... 8 Having borne the brunt of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s disinformation How the CCP Underreported Virus Cases...... 9 campaigns for more than two decades, we now see the same deceptive methods Inhumane Treatment During Lockdown...... 10 being deployed in the regime’s handling of the coronavirus. These tactics include suppressing those who report truthful information, manipulating Western media outlets into repeating the Party’s narrative, and pressuring world leaders to ignore both its human rights abuses and its role in the spread of the pandemic. PART TWO: HOW THE CCP’S NATURE MADE THE Minghui.org is a news and communications platform founded by Falun Dafa PANDEMIC INEVITABLE practitioners, and its volunteers have reported daily on firsthand accounts of the persecution in China for 21 years. Having built up an extensive knowledge of how the A Wuhan Resident’s Interpretation of the Pandemic...... 11 Chinese regime operates, we feel a responsibility to inform readers of the methods A History of Deception and Killing...... 12 of deception used by the CCP as the world makes important choices about how to respond to the pandemic. PART THREE: HOW CAN WE PREVENT ANOTHER DISASTER GOING FORWARD?

Why Are Countries with Close Ties to the CCP Most Heavily Impacted?..14 The Danger of Relying on China...... 16 Living Up to Our Values Means Saying No to the CCP...... 17 What Can We Learn from Traditional Chinese Culture?...... 18

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What is Falun Dafa?...... 19 Health Benefits...... 21 Falun Dafa Changes a Troubled Youth into a Good Man...... 22

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DECEMBER 1 JANUARY 10 • The first confirmed coronavirus patient JANUARY 7 • The Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center JANUARY 26 JANUARY 27 APRIL 17 falls ill, infecting 14 healthcare workers. • Dr. Li Wenliang examines a glaucoma pa- publishes the virus’s genome sequence • A national coronavirus task force is • Wuhan officials and the central govern- • Wuhan revises its death toll upwards by This case was published in The Lancet. tient and is infected with the coronavirus. online after receiving no response from formed. Staffed with propaganda and ment blame each other for the delay in 50.02%, from 2,579 to 3,869. (See “The its January 5 report to higher authorities. public security officials, the task force communications about the virus outbreak. CCP’s Numbers Game” on page 8.) DECEMBER 18 JANUARY 5 As a result, the lab is ordered to close for immediately issues a policy forbidding investigation with no explanation. medical staff from disclosing information • A shipping employee at Huanan Seafood • Whole genome sequencing shows that • Xinhua, a state-run news outlet, inter- JANUARY 28 MARCH 19 Market develops symptoms and becomes the new virus is 89.1% similar to SARS. about the virus, threatening violators with views SARS expert Wang Hailong, who 3 to 7 years in prison. • U.S. officials reveal that Beijing had been • Chinese authorities begin to report zero the first coronavirus case at Wuhan Cen- The Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center says (incorrectly) that there have been no blocking their requests for American med- new local infections, beginning another tral Hospital. submits an internal report to the National deaths, infections of healthcare workers, ical professionals to enter China to help stage in the cover-up. Health Commission. or human-to-human transmission. Wang JANUARY 24 fight the epidemic since January 6. DECEMBER 26-27 assures the public that it does not need • CCP leader makes a nationwide speech to worry. but does not mention the virus outbreak. MARCH 12 • Tests show that the Huanan market em- JANUARY 3 • Chinese propaganda begins to downplay JANUARY 30 • A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman ployee was infected by a coronavirus • Wuhan officials report 44 cases. the outbreak, comparing the number of • A former Chinese health ministry official accuses the U.S. military of bringing the 81% identical to the 2003 SARS virus. • Chinese news media claim the disease is JANUARY 13 coronavirus cases to the number of sea- says that Wuhan has more patients than epidemic to Wuhan. The gene sequence is shared with the “preventable and controllable.” • The Jianghan District CDC gives instruc- sonal flu infections in the U.S. can be treated and that the official number Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. tions to categorize patients with “unknown of cases has been greatly underreported. Wuhan Central Hospital is notified of a pneumonia” symptoms as patients suffer- MARCH 11 new type of coronavirus, and quarantine JANUARY 2 JANUARY 23 • The WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak • For sharing information about the vi- ing from other illnesses. is recommended. • Wuhan enters lockdown, with all modes JANUARY 31 a pandemic. rus, Dr. Ai Fen is so harshly reprimand- • The first case outside China is reported • A vendor at the Huanan market and a in Thailand. of public transportation cut off. However, • The U.S. declares a public health emer- family of three are found to have similar ed by hospital officials that she almost international flights are still allowed to oper- gency and imposes a 14-day quarantine pneumonia symptoms as the shipping collapses. ate. In the five days leading up to the lock- for inbound travelers who had visited Chi- FEBRUARY 29 employee. This new case is reported to JANUARY 14 down, millions of residents leave Wuhan. na in the previous 14 days. • The first coronavirus death in the U.S. is the Wuhan Center for Disease Control JANUARY 1 • The World Health Organization (WHO) reported. and Prevention (CDC). Medical staff are says limited human-to-human transmis- • Eight physicians are punished by police JANUARY 20 FEBRUARY 6 • Qiqihar First Hospital fails to report over 100 instructed to wear masks, and isolation for “spreading rumors” (talking with others sion has been observed. But it would infections, including of health care profes- gowns are ordered. later quote Chinese officials, saying • Chinese officials acknowledge evidence • Dr. Li Wenliang dies of coronavirus infec- about the surging epidemic). that the virus can spread between people. tion. The news gains widespread atten- sionals, to avoid conflicting with officially • Police announce that the disease is under no evidence had been found for hu- published numbers. man-to-human transmission. tion on Weibo (a popular Chinese microb- DECEMBER 28-29 control and would not spread between logging platform) but is quickly deleted. humans. JANUARY 19 • Four more patients are reported to Hu- FEBRUARY 24 bei health officials. The National Health • Huanan Seafood Market is shut down and JANUARY 16 • It is reported that the Wuhan Culture and blocked from access by journalists. Tourism Bureau would hold a large event FEBRUARY 8 • Beijing postpones its two most import- Commission sends officials to Wuhan to • Wuhan Central Hospital still maintains • The first U.S. citizen dies of the coronavi- ant political conferences that were to be investigate. • While the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that it has not observed human-to-hu- with an estimated attendance of 200,000 knows about the virus situation, civilians people the next day. rus in a Wuhan hospital. held on March 5. However, citizens are man transmission and that the disease is simultaneously ordered to return to work, are not notified. “preventable and treatable.” • The WHO announces that not enough is DECEMBER 30 known about the virus to draw definitive FEBRUARY 20 triggering public anger. • The Wuhan Health Commission issues DECEMBER 31 conclusions about its spread or source. • China’s National Health Commission again an urgent but misleading notice of an JANUARY 17 changes its classification system and de- FEBRUARY 22 “unknown pneumonia.” It also forbids fa- • The Wuhan Health Commission issues an- • A report by Imperial College London es- other misleading notice about pneumonia. JANUARY 18 cides not to include clinically confirmed • The Heilongjiang Province Health Com- cilities and individuals from disclosing any timates that there were 1,723 cases in cases of the virus (as opposed to nucleic mission orders virus samples to be information without authorization. • Medical experts from Beijing arrive in Wu- Wuhan as of January 12. • Local Communist Party leaders hold a han and issue three criteria for patients to mandatory feast with 40,000 families in acid tests). This reduces the number of destroyed and information about the • Three doctors (Li Wenliang, Liu Wen, • The Wuhan Health Commission reports 62 new cases by five-fold going forward. pandemic to be restricted. A document and Xie Linka) share information about be considered confirmed cases: exposure cases in total and claims the virus poses the Baibuting community despite rumors to the Huanan Seafood Market, fever, and of an impending citywide lockdown, from Chaoyang the next day indicates the virus in a WeChat group. Li Wenliang a low contagion risk. this was a nationwide policy. is summoned by the Wuhan Health Com- verification by whole genome sequenc- • Information comes out that higher officials knowledge by officials that the virus can mission, and all three doctors are investi- ing. With these overly strict criteria, many might lock down Wuhan. Some residents spread between humans, and requests gated, interrogated, and/or reprimanded. coronavirus cases would not be identified. prepare to flee. by neighborhood staff to cancel the event. Baibuting would later become one of the hardest-hit areas in the epidemic.

4 MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG 5 sentment and xenophobia as the CCP began to coronavirus with the ‘Wuhan model.’” blame new infections on foreign arrivals rather As part of this propaganda campaign, the The CCP’s Worldwide than community spread. CCP began to export masks and other medical supplies in exchange for public praise from for- MASK DIPLOMACY eign leaders. For example, Italy’s leading political While downplaying the severity of the virus out- party, the Five Star Movement, made a social break in February, the CCP imported 2 billion media post titled “Friendship and Mutual Sol- Disinformation Campaign face masks from other countries by mobilizing idarity,” thanking the CCP for goods shipped Chinese students, organizations, and individuals from China. But the post disappeared in just a fter the lockdown of Wuhan, as the num- “successful efforts” to contain the virus. After February 20, the tweets gradually shifted abroad to buy up supplies in their areas and few minutes. Officials later clarified that these ber of confirmed cases rose daily in other During a conference on March 6, 2020, Wang their focus from China being the epicenter of the ship them to China. goods were paid for, not “free gifts.” countries, the CCP shifted its propaganda Zhonglin, the Communist Party Secretary of Wu- outbreak to how China was assisting other coun- The messages read: The next month, when the virus spread to Furthermore, a large proportion of the masks A strategy to achieve three major objectives: han, called for “gratitude education” sessions to tries by providing medical supplies and its experi- “The epidemic in (country name) is out of the rest of the world with full force, the CCP and test kits exported from China were found 1. Diverting Chinese citizens’ attention to the encourage local residents to thank the CCP for its ence in handling the virus. control now. I heard from a friend working in a to be defective (see “The Danger of Relying on spread of the virus outside of China efforts in managing the outbreak. On March 12, only one day after the WHO de- hospital in (country name) that countless people China” on page 16). 2. Bragging about the CCP’s ability to control the On March 4, Xinhua published an editorial, claim- clared the situation a pandemic, MFA spokesper- go to the hospital every day. But they don’t have epidemic ing China had made a huge sacrifice and bought son Zhao Lijian said on Twitter, “It might be US test kits and have to send the patients home. SELF-AGGRANDIZING PROPAGANDA BOOKS 3. Shifting blame to the U.S. by spreading false the world time to fight the virus. It criticized the army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be (country name) has a large aging population, so In late February 2020, the CCP’s Propaganda information suggesting that the virus actually U.S.’s decision to close its borders to China and transparent! Make public your data! US owe us countless people have died in their own homes. Department and State Council Information Of- originated in the U.S. added, “We should say righteously that the US an explanation! [sic]” They wouldn’t be included in confirmed cases fice published a book titled “A Battle Against the The regime used the following methods to imple- owes China an apology” and “the world owes if they were never tested. That’s why (country Epidemic: China Combating COVID-19 in 2020.” ment these strategies: China a ‘thank you.’” INTERNET ARMY name) has maintained such a low infection rate. The lengthy text celebrates how the CCP, The CCP uses an army of online commentators It’s just too scary. I’ve already booked my return under Xi Jinping’s “heroic” leadership, effec- DOMESTIC BRAINWASHING CAMPAIGN SOCIAL MEDIA and censors to scrub messages critical of the re- flight to China. During critical times, we have to tively controlled and managed the spread of Shanghai authorities were ordered to produce In January and February, Twitter accounts belong- gime and to promote the Party line. focus our resources on doing big things.” the epidemic. Translated versions of the book “positive stories” to “promote government policies” ing to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) In March, rumors were circulated among After seeing messages like this, many Chi- in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic and “monitor public opinion online.” boasted of China’s success in fighting the virus and WeChat groups in Japan, France, Inner Mongolia nese rushed back to China despite exorbitant were planned for release in short order. On February 29, 2020, Chinese state media highlighted the sacrifices of the Chinese people and and the U.S. The authors used the same template one-way airfare of 180,000 yuan (about $25,000 transformed the narrative, portraying China as “This is a textbook example of CCP fake People’s Daily published a feature article titled “Our medical staff. Very few of these tweets mentioned for each message and only changed the country’s USD) in some cases. When they arrived, how- “an outsider who is now generously offering news,” wrote Italian sociologist Massimo Intro- Life Is as Sweet as Honey,” praising the CCP for its the severity of the epidemic. name (underlined in red). ever, many found themselves the target of re- medical aid and instructions on how to fight the vigne.

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1) REFUSING TO ADMIT PATIENTS WITH VIRUS a laboratory kit would be counted as confirmed 9) SILENCING MEDICAL STAFF AND WHIS- The CCP’s Numbers SYMPTOMS cases. As a result, over 15,000 cases were re- TLEBLOWERS Some residents with fevers weren’t allowed to ported that day, compared to 2,015 cases the While the CCP silenced whistleblowers, it also seek medical care in a different district even if the day before. forced many medical staff and people with knowl- hospitals in their own districts were overwhelmed. A week later, the authorities reversed their de- edge about the epidemic to sign non-disclosure Game Some passed away before being tested. cision and started counting only laboratory-con- agreements. firmed cases. The daily increase of new cases In addition to arresting physicians for spreading Experts around the world have cast doubt over the accuracy of corona- 2) SETTING INFECTION QUOTAS AND LIMITING then dropped to 394. information about the virus, Chinese authorities virus infection and death figures reported by the Chinese regime. As a TEST KITS arrested at least 325 residents between Janu- comparison, fatality rates in most European countries ranged between 20 An insider revealed that all provinces were given 6) DESTROYING VIRUS SAMPLES AND DATA ary 22 and 28 for “spreading rumors,” “creating and 45 per 100,000 people, but the rate in China was only 0.33 based on quotas for new infections and deaths. Once the An employee of a genome sequencing company panic,” or “attempting to disrupt social order.” official data. quotas were met, no more cases were allowed received a call on January 1, 2020 from an official They were punished with detention, fines, or to be reported. of the Hubei Health Commission telling him that disciplinary education. Wuhan authorities also limited the distribution he wasn’t allowed to sequence any more novel When the virus broke out in Wuhan Women’s WUHAN: INDICATORS OF HIGHER DEATH TOLLS THAN had come to Wuhan to assist. “Some of them also help of test kits to local communities and hospitals. coronavirus samples and that he had to destroy Prison, guards’ cellphones were confiscated, REPORTED with the mobile furnaces,” he explained. “They work very all the samples he had previously received. No likely as a measure to prevent them from leaking hard, day and night.” While the CCP reported a total of 2,531 coronavirus deaths 3) RECATEGORIZING CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS data were allowed to be published without ap- information. in Wuhan as of March 25: UNDER OTHER ILLNESSES proval. Crematoria were running 24/7: The seven crema- STATISTICAL ANOMALIES FURTHER DISCREDIT OFFI- Some coronavirus patients were treated as cases 10) BLOCKING INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGA- toria in Wuhan had a total of 74 furnaces and reportedly CIAL FIGURES of regular pneumonia or flu. After China started 7) DISCHARGING PATIENTS WITHOUT TESTING TIONS ran 24 hours a day between January 26 and February 21. • The ratio between total deaths and total infections reporting zero new cases around the middle of Many coronavirus patients were dismissed from Despite repeated requests from the U.S., the CCP Excluding the average number of non-coronavirus deaths, remained exactly 2.1% between January 30 and Feb- March, some coronavirus patients (including those makeshift hospitals in Wuhan without having CT has not allowed international experts or public a simple capacity calculation yields a virus death toll of ruary 6. on ventilators) were “discharged” from the hospital scans or nucleic acid tests to confirm whether health officials to enter Wuhan to investigate more than 44,253 during those 27 days. • The number of cumulative deaths as of mid-February and readmitted as suffering from other diseases. they still carried the virus. One doctor called it the origin of the virus. No outside groups have Tens of thousands of urns were given out: Accord- showed a near-perfect fit with a simple mathematical a “political recovery” instead of a “medical re- been allowed into the Wuhan Institute of Virology, ing to Radio Free Asia, beginning March 23, the seven model (r-squared = 0.99), strongly suggesting the data 4) NOT COUNTING ASYMPTOMATIC CASES covery.” where some countries suspect the virus may major funeral homes associated with the crematoria began was generated from a formula rather than naturally oc- While it’s a well-known fact that asymptomatic have leaked from. to distribute 500 urns every day to the families of those curring. patients can still spread the virus, the CCP didn’t 8) APPLYING POLITICAL PRESSURE who’d died of the coronavirus. One funeral home hoped • The total number of deaths in Wuhan was adjusted include them as confirmed cases even after they Zhou Xianwang, the mayor of Wuhan, said on TV 11) CONTROLLING THE MEDIA to finish distributing the ashes by April 4, the traditional upward from 2,579 to 3,869–almost a perfect 50% tested positive in a lab. in an unprecedented move on January 27, 2020, The CCP uses its state-controlled media to proj- Ching Ming Festival, or tomb sweeping holiday. In those increase–on April 17, 2020, after more than a month 13 days, the seven funeral homes would have given out that the city had to wait for authorization from ect an image that it has defeated the virus. 45,500 urns. of reporting nearly no new cases. 5) CHANGING THE WAY CASES ARE COUNTED Beijing before releasing sensitive information. In early April, the authorities took a group of 40 mobile furnaces were shipped to Wuhan: A • In a statistical analysis of infection growth curves from In February alone, Chinese authorities changed Many saw his response as an attempt to shift 300 vetted reporters to prearranged places in Wuhan resident reported that these mobile furnaces different countries, the daily variation reported by China its methodology for counting coronavirus cases blame to the central government. Wuhan. Their reporting had to be in line with Xin- were used to process bodies of patients who had been was an outlier that did not exhibit the exponential growth three times. Because the CCP prioritizes its political sta- hua News, China News, and People’s Daily (all confined to their homes by authorities. Another resident pattern that is expected in the spread of contagious On February 12, the National Health Commis- bility over public health, officials at each level are state-run media). Their main task was to have the learned that helpers from other crematoria all over China diseases. sion announced that people “clinically confirmed” compelled to cover up and underreport cases in public believe that the epidemic had gone away to have the virus by CT scans but not tested with order to protect themselves. and that no new cases were being detected.

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9 How a Wuhan Resident Interprets the Pandemic

BY A RESIDENT OF WUHAN, CHINA

fter the novel coronavirus broke out in millions worldwide, it is important to analyze the that would demonize Falun Dafa over the next Wuhan, fear and panic gripped the city. situation to gain a better understanding of this two decades. A worker who transported bodies to cre- virus. Following a nationwide conference held in Wu- A matoria said that he and his coworkers han in March 2001 to intensify the persecution worked from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. every day, trans- WHY WAS WUHAN HIT SO HARD? of Falun Dafa, the suppression worsened in both porting eight bodies each trip (compared to only Wuhan is the capital city of Hubei Province and Hubei Province and across China. one per trip in the past). serves as the political, economic, cultural, and Furthermore, the 610 Office, an extralegal or- As the epidemic intensified, some people Inhumane Treatment During Lockdown science-and-technology center of the province. ganization established by the central Communist dropped dead on the street. Sometimes one Why did it become the epicenter of the epidemic? Party leadership on June 10, 1999, specifically person would infect an entire family; some fam- While modern science is still grappling with to persecute Falun Dafa, once held its national ilies lost several people to the virus within days nesses to resume normal operations in an effort the many unknowns about the coronavirus, tra- conference in Wuhan. The Hubei provincial gov- LEFT TO DIE AT HOME ABANDONED PATIENTS of each other. to rescue the hard-hit economy. Shortly there- ditional Chinese culture, which holds that good is ernment also held training courses in Wuhan for In Shiyan, Hubei Province, a temperature check- In the Baibuting community in Wuhan, local res- Facing this dire situation, many who previous- after, clusters of coronavirus infections were rewarded while evil is punished, may offer a clue 610 Offices across the province. In addition, the er stopped by a house on February 24, 2020. idents were abandoned by the authorities after ly believed in the self-proclaimed greatness of reported in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangdong to the situation in Wuhan. Hubei brainwashing center was named a national A six-year-old boy opened the door and said some began to show symptoms of the corona- the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed Province, and Shandong Province. model facility and promoted the torture methods it that he and his grandfather were the only two virus following a mandatory 40,000-family feast their minds. One man initially blasted others for The CCP also mandated companies to each used on Falun Dafa practitioners to other centers residents in the house. The temperature checker held by Communist Party officials on January “spreading rumors” on Weibo (a popular Chinese PERSECUTION OF FALUN DAFA deposit 500,000 yuan ($71,000 USD) as a virus throughout the country. asked to speak to the older man, but the little 18, 2020–only days before Wuhan was locked microblogging website): “If you do not believe in Throughout its history, the CCP paved the way containment reserve, which the government boy said that his grandfather had died several down. our nation and Party, what can you believe?!” and accompanied each of its political movements would take if a worker was found to be infected ROLE IN FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING days earlier. “Grandpa told me not to go outside One resident wrote online that the author- Soon after, his relatives became infected and with a round of propaganda to incite hatred with the virus or put under quarantine. Tongji Hospital in Wuhan was one of the earliest because the virus is there,” he added. ities only gave them one test kit per day per could not get a hospital bed. His subsequent against the targeted group. Before former CCP medical facilities involved in the CCP’s killing of The volunteer discovered the elderly man’s grid, which accounts for about 4,000 families. posts were filled with cries for help and curses leader Jiang Zemin openly launched the violent Falun Dafa practitioners for organs, a crime first body in the bathroom. The little boy had been Some critically ill patients were running around CCP-STYLE DISASTER SUBSIDIES aimed at the CCP. suppression of Falun Dafa, the most severe re- eating nothing but crackers for a few days. Had for help. While their neighboring community re- As the central Li Wenliang, a doctor who was punished by ligious persecution in modern Chinese history, reported in 2006 and corroborated by multiple the worker not shown up that day, the little boy ceived supplies and other support, the residents government the authorities for sounding the alarm about the a vicious propaganda campaign was planned investigations. Researchers found that at least 14 may have also died, just like his grandpa. of Baibuting received none. pushed local epidemic, later died of the disease. As many ne- in Wuhan. types of organs and tissues have been transplant- While the little boy was helped by the tem- governments tizens blamed the Party for the young doctor’s Zhao Zhizhen, then-managing director of the ed at Tongji Hospital. In February 2005 alone, perature checker, many more Hubei residents DONATED VEGETABLES WITHHELD to stimulate death, one student wrote, “It is the virus that killed Wuhan City Radio and Television Bureau and more than 1,000 kidney transplants were carried were forcibly removed from their homes and As some people starved to death at home, the consumption, him. We should remain calm and listen to the Wuhan TV Station, led the station to film a 6-hour out at this facility even though China had no organ taken to quarantine facilities if they were found authorities in Ezhou City, Hubei Province with- some munic- Party.” Upon returning to his university, however, defamatory video entitled “About Li Hongzhi,” donation system. to have a fever or had contact with other con- held a thousand tons of vegetables donated by ipalities con- the student found that his own dormitory had referring to the founder of Falun Dafa. The video It may appear random that the virus broke out firmed patients. Guizhou Province. The vegetables were instead verted portions been repurposed without notice to house coro- was broadcast through numerous media chan- in Wuhan first, but many, myself included, who In other provinces, authorities welded peo- given to the city’s officials and police force or of people’s navirus patients. nels to turn the public against the peaceful group believe in traditional Chinese culture saw a link ple’s doors shut to prevent them from going sold at high prices on the market. The remainder salaries into As the pandemic sweeps through more than and garner support for the persecution, and it set between Wuhan’s role in the persecution of Falun out if the residents had recently returned from were left to rot in warehouses. “consumption 200 countries and territories and has infected an example that spurred countless other videos Dafa and the epidemic. Hubei Province. According to a video posted online on Feb- vouchers” and ruary 18, the wife of a police officer in Ezhou then forced showed off the free fruits and vegetables they Officials forcibly remove a them to spend had been given by the government. The family suspected coronavirus patient the vouchers from his home. received so much that they gave three boxes before a cer- to the wife’s parents. The wife said, “We don’t tain date. have a choice–it’s all given to us. Why didn’t you In Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, instead marry a government official?” of giving out cash, the government issued shop- ping coupons, including 20 yuan off 100 yuan, FORCED TO RESUME BUSINESS 35 yuan off 200 yuan, and 45 yuan off 300 yuan. In mid-February, with the epidemic still yet to People had to spend at least 100 yuan in order subside, the central government ordered busi- to receive the discounts.

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From its very beginning, in the name of “building heaven on earth,” the CCP led people to rebel against tradition and use violence and struggle to “emancipate all mankind.” Since the CCP came to power, it has launched one bloody political campaign after another, resulting in the deaths of at least 80 million people.

LAND REFORM (1950-52) TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE After pledging to treat peasants well and protect (JUNE 4, 1989) Falun Dafa practitioners hold banners reading “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” on Tiananmen Square to appeal for their right to practice Falun Dafa. (Photo: Minghui.org) the capitalist class, the CCP began a land redistri- After months of protests by students advocating bution campaign by killing landlords at will. A sup- for democracy and the end of bureaucratic cor- pression of “counterrevolutionaries” followed, with ruption, the CCP labeled them “counterrevolution- official deaths counted at 2.4 million. In reality, at aries” and sent in the People’s Liberation Army. The Persecution of Falun Dafa— least 5 million former government employees, Soldiers gunned down unarmed protesters and teachers, and landlords were murdered. crushed them with tanks, killing thousands. This 21 Years and Counting event is still strictly censored in China. GREAT LEAP FORWARD (1958-60) In the CCP’s fanatical plan to increase steel pro- PERSECUTION OF FALUN DAFA ccording to Chinese government esti- unknown number of practitioners have been killed sulting from practicing Falun Dafa. The named duction, farmers were forced to abandon their mates, 80 to 100 million people had taken in organ harvesting atrocities. Hundreds of thou- victims either did not practice Falun Dafa or fields. Officials inflated crop yields, leading to (1999-PRESENT) up Falun Dafa by 1999, with the number sands have been illegally arrested, detained and did not exist. more than 30 million people starving to death; As the Falun Dafa meditation and spiritual dis- increasing by thousands each day. De- tortured. Countless families have been torn apart Photo credit: Gage Skidmore some even resorted to cannibalism. The CCP cipline gained widespread popularity with 100 A spite the many benefits the practice brought to as Party officials coerce family members to turn attributed the famine to “natural disasters,” but million practitioners, the CCP launched a cam- COUNTERING THE PERSECUTION China and its people, former Communist Party no significant natural anomalies occurred during paign to eradicate the group. Since then, millions against their loved ones who practice Falun Dafa. To help people see through the CCP’s lies and leader Jiang Zemin feared its growing popularity “The Chinese Communist this time. have been arrested across China, with many sub- slander, Falun Dafa practitioners in China pass jected to forced labor, torture, and even organ and its revival of traditional Chinese values that HATE PROPAGANDA out flyers, talk to people face to face, write letters Party has lied, is lying, and the Party had tried to wipe out decades earlier. harvesting. The persecution continues despite To incite public hatred against Falun Dafa, the to officials, put up posters, and give out calen- will continue to lie.” State-run media began to launch propaganda the pandemic outbreak. CCP: dars and keepsakes. They produce the materials CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-76) attacks smearing Falun Dafa. In June 1999, Jiang • labeled a peaceful appeal of 10,000 practi- at home using their own savings. Practitioners - U.S. Senator Ben Sasse To destroy every trace of traditional Chinese cul- Zemin established the 610 Office, an extralegal tioners outside the National Appeals Office abroad have persisted in calling perpetrators in ture and values, the CCP launched a wave of nationwide agency with special authority over all for their constitutional right to practice their China to deter them from abusing practitioners. “violent struggle” against “class enemies” and Instead of taking responsibility for these actions, levels of law enforcement, government and the faith as a “siege” of the central government Lawyers and other citizens in China have also intellectuals. It mobilized the Red Guards to de- the CCP has tried to rewrite history and have peo- courts, to spearhead the persecution of Falun compound, Zhongnanhai. helped to rescue practitioners who are detained stroy countless historical artifacts, books, and ple look the other way by offering material gains Dafa. On July 20, 1999, the police conducted • staged a “self-immolation” at Tiananmen for their faith. In Chinese courts, sentences for temples. Children were made to denounce and to those who stand to benefit from the Party’s sweeping arrests of volunteer coordinators of Fa- Square, where several people falsely claim- Falun Dafa practitioners are predetermined by beat their parents, teachers, and elders. Mass rule. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the lun Dafa exercise sites. The practice was banned, ing to be Falun Dafa practitioners set them- Communist Party officials and handed down in killings and wanton violence again ravaged China, CCP has chosen to preserve its own image over and an all-out media blitz was launched. selves ablaze before the flames were put out show trials. Nevertheless, lawyers continue to de- with a death toll in the millions. the lives of millions. As U.S. Senator Ben Sasse Since then, over 4,500 practitioners have been concluded, “The Chinese Communist Party has confirmed dead as a result of torture and other by police, who were already on scene with fire fend practitioners’ innocence even though some lied, is lying, and will continue to lie.” physical abuses, with the actual death toll be- extinguishers at the ready. have been arrested and tortured themselves for lieved to be many times more. In addition, an • fabricated 1,400 death cases supposedly re- doing so.

12 MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG 13 SPAIN ITALY Spain was the first European country to have a Why Are Countries Close to the Italy is the only G7 country to sign onto the BRI. foreign minister visit Beijing after the 1989 Tian- This opened “an array of sectors to Chinese in- anmen Square Massacre. It later worked with the vestment, from infrastructure to transportation, CCP Most Heavily Impacted? European Union to lift its arms embargo against including letting Chinese state-owned companies China. Spain is also a founding member of the Countries and regions that have close partnerships with the Chinese Communist Party now find themselves suffering with a high number of virus infec- hold a stake in four major Italian ports. The deal Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and tions and deaths. Meanwhile, some of China’s geographic neighbors, such as Taiwan and Hong Kong, have suffered relatively few cases. gave communist China a foothold in the heart of has participated in the CCP’s Belt and Road Europe,” according to an article in The Federalist. Initiative (BRI) summits. Telecom firms such as Based on the traditional Chinese view that the morality of one’s actions determines one’s fate, it is worth noting that the heavily impacted regions have Telefónica not only have close business ties with helped the CCP commit atrocities, including the persecution of Falun Dafa, by supporting the regime financially while ignoring its human rights abuses Huawei but are also helping the CCP to imple- for at least two decades. ment the BRI in Latin America.

TAIWAN After seeing the regime’s en- croachment of freedoms in Hong Kong, the Taiwanese re- jected their pro-CCP presiden- tial candidate as a way to say no to the Communist Party’s total- itarianism. Taiwan’s distrust of the CCP led it to enact preven- tative measures early in the out- break despite the CCP’s cov- er-up. With a population of 23.8 million (about half of Spain’s and one-third of Italy’s), Taiwan so far has only 440 cases with 6 deaths, despite not locking down cities, closing businesses, HONG KONG or restricting domestic travel. IRAN Hongkongers have long re- sisted the CCP’s attempts to Iran has strengthened its strate- impose totalitarian control over gic partnership with China, with the city and to restrict freedoms Chinese manufacturers looking guaranteed to them under the to establish new operations in Sino-British Joint Declaration. the country. “Iran’s strategic Most notably, the recent push UNITED STATES partnership with Beijing has cre- by Beijing to enact a law allow- The U.S. has provided the CCP with comprehensive support since ated a constellation of potential ing extraditions to mainland the 1970s. In addition to carrying out a large number of business contacts that helped unleash China (and thereby subject transactions with China, it has enabled many Chinese stocks to the illness, called Covid-19,” re- Hong Kong residents to the be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. An increasing por- ported The Wall Street Journal CCP’s justice system) was met tion of U.S. index and pension funds have also been allocated to on March 11, 2020. by mass protests that have now companies and government bonds tied to the CCP, without the continued for over a year. knowledge of most Americans. These financial exchanges have dramatically boosted the regime’s financial and political power. Furthermore, American technology companies have helped build the CCP’s censorship and surveillance tools that it uses to abuse its citizens’ human rights.

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At the beginning of the outbreak, as many countries donated tons of medical supplies to China, the hile some governments and private entities are munity have not only witnessed the destruction caused the CCP secretly organized Chinese living abroad to buy as many medical supplies as possible and starting to demand compensation from the CCP–many of them have also become the latest victims ship them to China. CCP for their losses, it’s also worth considering in its bloodstained legacy. W how and why many countries have partnered with the Chinese regime despite its well-documented HOW MANY ARE IMPLICATED IN THE CCP’S CRIMES? crimes against humanity. Distancing ourselves from the Tu Long, a millennial in Beijing, said in an interview with ccording to official data, between Janu- THE CCP OPENLY THREATENS THE U.S. • Canada: around 1 million KN95 masks from CCP can help protect us against the harm of its deception. Voice of America, “The majority of Chinese, myself includ- ary 24 and February 29, China imported Stung by the U.S.’s decision to close its borders to China failed to meet federal quality standards More importantly, it’s a matter of upholding our funda- ed, are not innocent. We condone [the CCP leadership] 2.46 billion shipping cartons of supplies travelers from China in the early stage of the pan- • The Netherlands: Nearly half of 1.3 million N95 mental values and keeping us from becoming complicit to do evil, some even assisted them to do evil.” Western face masks from China were recalled for epidemic prevention, valued at 8.21 demic, Chinese state-run media Xinhua warned in the CCP’s crimes. leaders who stay silent on the CCP’s atrocities for eco- A • Germany: “Eleven million masks, all junk,” as For example, the United States’ founding principles nomic and political gain are also complicit. billion yuan ($1.158 billion). Among them were in early March that China could apply “strategic described by the Federal Transport Minister 2.02 billion protective masks and 25.38 million control over medical products and ban exports to include freedom of belief and democracy, which differ So, too, are many Western companies that have finan- • Belgium: 3 million masks imported from China fundamentally from the CCP’s dictatorship and antitheist cially supported the CCP by investing in China, as well as protective suits. the United States” and that “the United States will did not meet required quality standards ideology. Since the Nixon administration, however, the U.S. those that have contributed to the regime’s censorship As the outbreak evolved into a global health fall into the hell of a new coronavirus pneumonia • Spain: Rapid test kits only had a 30% detection has relaxed its vigilance against the danger of communism. and surveillance technology. These companies have, in epidemic.” crisis with numerous countries fighting to con- rate; 640,000 kits to be returned After the former Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991, effect, contributed to the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa As the CCP followed through on its threat, ex- tain the virus, these countries found themselves • Czech Republic: up to 80% of the 300,000 many Western countries began to engage with China on practitioners, other religious groups, dissidents, and hu- ecutives from manufacturers 3M and Honeywell facing shortages of medical products, a problem rapid test kits did not work international trade and other economic activities. man rights defenders. told U.S. officials that the Chinese government further aggravated by their dependence on China • Israel: 10,000 swab test kits from China were They had hoped that such partnerships would lead Chi- had halted exports of N95 respirators, booties, to supply such products. found to be contaminated with the virus na to become an open and democratic society that would THE WAY FORWARD gloves and other PPE produced in China since As a result of U.S. companies shifting their • United States: The University of Washington better protect human rights. But that turned out to be wish- As tragic as it is, however, this pandemic provides an January. School of Medicine discovered that tens of supply chains to China to increase their profits, ful thinking. Instead of changing China, many countries opportunity for us to reflect on our society and on our- thousands of test kits from China, costing ended up compromising their own principles and values selves. The advancement of science and technology has the U.S. now depends on China for many vital FAULTY MEDICAL SUPPLIES $125,000, were contaminated to win China’s business. As a result, the CCP remains the revolutionized our lives. But as human beings, we still medicines, including more than 80% of its anti- When countries ravaged by the virus scrambled • United Kingdom: millions of antibody test kits same repressive and deceitful regime, but with the help of need to live up to our moral obligations rather than sim- biotics, 70% of acetaminophen, and about 40% to find medical supplies for their patients, they ordered from China returned inaccurate re- Western countries, it has now become an economic giant ply indulge in material possessions, to challenge tyranny of heparin, as well as drugs for HIV, cancers, de- ended up buying from China, only to find that sults; furthermore, doctors warned that 300 and political powerhouse that, in turn, threatens freedom instead of acquiescing in silence, and to uphold moral pression, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, epilepsy millions of masks and rapid testing kits were faulty ventilators from China could cause significant and democracy in those same countries. principles instead of drifting with the tide. This might be and Parkinson’s disease. and unusable. Following are a few examples: harm and even death if used In the past several months, members of the global com- the fundamental cure we’re looking for.

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armony between Heaven, Earth, and responsibility, looked inward for their shortcom- deaths caused by the Communist Party’s polit- Humankind is a fundamental concept ings, and acted on a genuine desire to return ical campaigns, as well as its modern-day per- that underlies traditional Chinese phi- to virtue. In contrast, those who only sought secution of Falun Dafa–a belief in the universal H losophy. For thousands of years, when protection from Heaven to prolong their reign values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and For- disaster struck, virtuous emperors would take while shifting blame to others found their prayers bearance. When those who aspire to cultivate it as a warning from Heaven, reflect upon them- unanswered. such values are silenced, tortured, and even selves, and correct their wrongdoings. Some What happens when leaders drift away from killed for their faith, what’s left can only be an issued public edicts of repentance so as to ob- these principles? Today, China is ruled by a irreversible moral decline. tain forgiveness from Heaven and to spare their communist regime that has gone all out to de- Conversely, if we revive these positive quali- subjects from divine punishment. stroy traditional values, including those that pro- ties and strive to become better people, starting Rulers who successfully avoided further vide for self-reflection and respect for human life. with each individual, we can create a lasting catastrophes were those who took personal This can be seen in the tens of millions of society that will benefit generations to come. What is Falun Dafa?

he idea of self-cultivation has a rich history dating back to Chinese emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties Those who only sought pro- Falun Dafa is based upon three principles: used the Temple of Heaven (below) as a place of Lao Zi’s conception of Daoism in China and Shakyamuni’s worship. tection from Heaven to pro- founding of Buddhism in India. The ancients believed that long their reign while shifting T through disciplined spiritual practice, a human being can elevate himself to a higher realm and free himself from the suffering blame to others found their and illusions of the ordinary world. Attaining this state requires moral prayers unanswered. rectitude, letting go of earthly desires, and the use of meditation and other techniques to improve mind and body. Numerous schools of cultivation practice arose, each offering a principled path to spiritual growth. These traditions were quietly passed down over the ages from masters to disciples. TRUTHFULNESS COMPASSION FORBEARANCE Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is one such practice and is now available to everyone. Its core tenets include improving oneself based on the values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Soon after its public introduction in 1992, almost every park in China was brimming with people practicing the meditative Falun Dafa exercises. Practitioners taught the exercises free of charge, BENEFITS OF PRACTICING FALUN DAFA and people realized that it had a tremendous power to improve both their health and character. Spreading quickly through word of Spiritual growth Relieves stress Increases energy mouth, Falun Dafa became a household name in just a few years. and physical health and anxiety and vitality

18 MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG MINGHUI INTERNATIONAL 2020 | EN.MINGHUI.ORG 19 Exercises Easy to learn for people of all ages. Taught free Health Benefits of charge by volunteers around the world. Many people experience life-changing improvements in their physical and mental health through 5 Falun Dafa, explaining why it has grown so rapidly in popularity. Widely enjoyed benefits include more restful sleep, less stress, increased energy, reduced irritability, and more. Many report complete recovery from chronic disease including cancer, diabetes, hepatitis and heart disease. Others lose the urge to smoke and let go of tobacco and other addictions.

Finding Relief from PTSD After Buddha Stretching a Falun Standing Stance Penetrating the Thousand Arms Composed of four still positions Cosmic Extremes Trying Out Falun Dafa that can be held for several With its gentle hand-gliding 1 Using gentle stretching movements, 2 3 minutes each, the second exercise movements, the third exercise the first exercise opens all of the BY A FALUN DAFA PRACTITIONER IN TEXAS, UNITED STATES boosts energy levels and awakens purifies the body using energy body’s energy channels, creating a wisdom from the cosmos powerful energy field hile serving as a defense contractor stand it completely. The more I dug into it, the took my dogs on a skateboard walk around the with the military overseas, I developed deeper it would go. It was fresh and interesting. neighborhood. I couldn’t believe how good I felt symptoms of post-traumatic stress I used to smoke cigarettes while reading. One and how much energy I suddenly had despite W disorder (PTSD). I was so close to los- day I tried to smoke while reading Zhuan Falun on my earlier hangover. Falun Cosmic Orbit Strengthening ing my mind and just breaking down. I began to my phone, but I literally couldn’t do it because the Within a week of taking up Dafa, I looked in the drink heavily. While walking out of a store, I had smoke made me feel nauseated. I tried it again mirror and did a double take. I couldn’t believe By gently tracing the hands Supernatural Powers a seizure. I eventually quit my job and returned the next day and had the same experience. But my eyes: my face looked younger. I stood there 4 over the body, front and back, 5 A meditation that incorporates to live with my mom in Texas in 2015. when I started reading something else, the feeling and stared at myself in amazement. the fourth exercise rectifies special mudra and hand positions Then I started having intense nightmares of would go away and I could read and smoke again abnormal conditions in the to refine body and mind, the war, with our base being overrun by enemy sol- with no problem. LASTING CHANGES body and circulates energy fifth exercise strengthens higher diers or surrounded by armed terrorists. Every It was just as the book described: “If you want I quit drinking about six months after starting the abilities and energy single night, I would wake up multiple times with to quit, it is guaranteed that you can do it. When practice and quit smoking about four months my whole body drenched in sweat. I would drink you smoke a cigarette again, it will not taste right. after that. I had tried to quit smoking several times myself to sleep, and it was a vicious cycle of para- If you read this lecture in the book, it will also before, but with the power of Falun Dafa, I was noia by day and living out my most dreaded fears have this effect.” able to quit for good. It has now been over two at night. years since I last touched alcohol or cigarettes. I When I was later offered a job as a securi- TRYING DAFA AS A SKEPTIC feel better than I’ve ever felt in my life. ty officer, I still had very bad PTSD. I got more After I finished reading, I decided to try Falun Dafa My wife had had migraines almost weekly for comfortable working there over time, but I never for 30 days and see if what it said was true–that ten years. When I started practicing Dafa, her A PATH TO WELL-BEING spoke to anyone about my personal life. I drank improving my morals and thoughts would really migraines went away and never came back. It and smoked every chance I got. change my body and the environment around me. was just as Zhuan Falun said, “Since you practice The book Zhuan Falun by Mr. Li Hongzhi is I expected to see maybe some slight or subtle a righteous way, your practice will benefit others.” I couldn’t believe my changes, but that was not the case. From that When she started practicing Dafa herself, her the most comprehensive and essential set of eyes: my face looked moment on, I’ve never had another war dream or hemorrhoids shrank and she no longer needed teachings in the practice. Zhuan Falun and Mr. woken up sweating from nightmares. My PTSD to wear glasses, as she could see perfectly clearly younger. and paranoia took a little longer to go away, but without them. Li’s other teachings have been translated into within a few months, they disappeared com- Little did I know that my trying out Dafa for a 40 languages. They can be read for free online A MIRACULOUS BOOK pletely. month would go on for three years and count- at FalunDafa.org, and hard copies can be One day in early 2017, a friend emailed me Zhuan The first time I tried the Falun Dafa exercises, ing. I’ve fully recovered from PTSD, regained my Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa. Normally I I had a bad hangover before I began. I was de- confidence, and advanced to a management purchased at TiantiBooks.org. would read a book meticulously until I understood hydrated, felt weak, and had a headache. But role at my work as a result. More importantly, it fully, and then I would move on to the next one. when I finished the exercises, I felt incredible, like for what I’ve gained spiritually, my gratitude is But Zhuan Falun was different: I couldn’t under- a new person. I cleaned around the house and beyond words.

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BY DAN MU, A FALUN DAFA PRACTITIONER IN BEIJING, CHINA

started smoking and drinking when I was 12. practice Falun Dafa. TAKING HARDSHIP AS JOY I also bullied other classmates. After gradu- I put a stop to my smoking and drinking A friend introduced me to a low-paying job at a ating from high school, I started indulging in three months later. All of my bad habits, includ- bar. I worked wherever I was needed and wasn’t I other vices. I learned to play guitar and grew ing swearing, just disappeared. My body was picky. The bar was full of cigarettes, alcohol, and my hair long. Despite my youth, I lacked energy. cleansed, and my bad feelings were gone. I got drugs. Although I worked in a noisy environment, I couldn’t break free from my life of decadence. a haircut, became high-spirited, and lived happily. my mind was serene and peaceful. While studying music in 1996, I started to My shift each day went from 3 p.m. to 4 a.m. smoke marijuana with my classmates. I couldn’t PERSEVERANCE AMID PERSECUTION Taxis were expensive, so in the summer I rode Group practice of the Falun Dafa exercises in Guangzhou, China before the persecution began in July 1999. The banner concentrate on my studies at all and relied on the says “Falun Dafa volunteer instruction site.” (Photo: Minghui.org) My parents were in the Chinese military and had a bicycle to work. In the winter I had to wait for drug to lift my spirits and find so-called creative been misled by the Communist Party’s propa- the first subway train to go home. Sometimes I inspiration. I also had hallucinations, delusions, ganda defaming Falun Dafa. They wanted me would fall asleep on the train and miss my station. paranoid states, acute self-consciousness, and to give up my newfound belief. One night, they Although I was exhausted after arriving home dual personalities. burst into my room and beat me. I cried over their every day, I sat in meditation for an hour, doing Read Minghui.org for More One night after smoking marijuana, I lay on misunderstandings. They would regularly beat the fifth Falun Dafa exercise. My fatigue would my bed gripped by an inexplicable fear. I heard a disappear immediately. I worked hard, yet I did and scold me this way. News, Experiences, and voice telling me that I couldn’t continue this way. not feel the hardship. I felt like I was about to cry. I was also stressed Persecution Updates out and frustrated. My family urged me to change I became gentle and REWARDED WITH GOOD FORTUNE my lifestyle, but I didn’t listen. kind, and did more I later changed jobs. My new boss trusted me to t’s hard to imagine that parks in China were once filled with people of all ages doing slow, gentle exercises ac- take care of the storage, sales, and accounting. I companied by serene music. Across the country, 100 million people were practicing Falun Dafa. FINDING NEW HOPE things for the sake of followed Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Com- But after a while, this peaceful group came under state surveillance. The bestselling books that formed the basis While tidying up one day, I came across a DVD others. passion-Forbearance in my daily work. I took I of their practice were banned. Newspapers and TV stations that once praised Falun Dafa’s health benefits instead that I had found while visiting a friend. There was personal gain lightly and was considerate of went on the attack. Practitioners who tried to clear up misinformation with publishers were arrested and beaten. a lotus flower printed on it. I played the disc and customers. Amid the chaos, a group of practitioners in North America saw a need to put together accurate information to let found a video introducing Falun Dafa and an I knew that what I had done in the past was ir- My work performance kept improving, and the world know what was happening. This was the start of Minghui (literal translation: “clear wisdom”). e-book, Zhuan Falun. responsible to my family. For example, my parents I received multiple raises. I also made more I was attracted by the content of the book. let me live in the big room so I could play music friends. They trusted me because I didn’t have VISIT US AT EN.MINGHUI.ORG FOR: It talked about how to be a good person, be and host friends, while they lived in a tiny room bad thoughts. I later bought an apartment and a • personal experiences of people who have found renewed health and well-being after practicing Falun Dafa more altruistic, respect one’s parents, and so on. with my little nephew. After learning Dafa, I gave car, got married, and had a child. I help my wife • inspiring stories of how practitioners look inward to improve their character when they encounter interpersonal conflicts I came to understand that the meaning of life is up the big room and often helped my parents with the chores, and we haven’t had any quar- • on-the-ground accounts of the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa in China to return to one’s true self. “This is what I’ve been with chores. I became gentle and kind, and did rels. I know all of these changes are because I • practitioners’ perspectives about the pandemic and other current events looking for,” I thought. That’s when I started to more things for the sake of others. practice Falun Dafa. SUPPORT US: Minghui.org is a network of volunteers and the only organization dedicated to reporting on firsthand information about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China. We have done so every day for 21 years, and our re- porting has benefited millions, both in China and around the world. 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