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3 Taiwanese ships make historic
voyages to mainland China port
The first direct legal voyages to the communist mainland in 51 years carried government officials and religious pilgrims. The vessels left Kinmen and Matsu,Taiwanese coastal islets that used to be shelled regularly from nearby China. They arrived a few hours later in the Chinese ports of Xiamen and Mawei, which had been off-limits to direct travel since the two sides split in a civi
l war that ended in 1949. Taiwan lifted a ban on crossings on New Year's Day, legalizing a trade carried on for years by smugglers.
Banker claims her boss ordered
cover-up of Estrada's holdings
At the Philippines President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial, Clarissa Ocampo, senior vice president of Equitable PCI Bank, testified that in Decemberthen-Chairman George Go ordered her to cover up Estrada's ownership of a multimillion-dollar account under ...
- FALUN GONG FOLLOWERS CALL CHINESE MOVEMENT A SELF-IMPROVEMENT PRACTICE.(DAILY...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot August 27, 2003 700+ words
...setting is ideal for practitioners of Falun Gong, a discipline of meditation and...climate is anything but serene for Falun Gong practitioners in China, where the movement began in 1992. Viewing Falun Gong as a threat to political stability...
- Falun Gong protests China's legal sanctions; China brands group an 'evil...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Platt, Kevin November 1, 1999 700+ words
China's detention and torture of Falun Gong followers, and continued public protests...Yesterday the Beijing government said four Falun Gong leaders had been charged with organizing...law to retroactively criminalize many Falun Gong activities. And for the past seven days...
- FALUN GONG FOLLOWERS KEEP THE FAITH SEATTLE GROUP TAKES PART IN A D.C. VIGIL...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Le, Phuong July 20, 2000 700+ words
...questions. Since he began practicing Falun Gong, software analyst Kim Eng says he has...their abdomens. The recorded voice of Falun Gong founder Li Hongzhi recites instructions...Chinese authorities cracked down on Falun Gong, branding it unlawful and an ``evil...
- Falun Gong and the Future of China
- Magazine article from: The China Journal Pacey, Scott July 1, 2009 700+ words
Falun Gong and the Future of China, by David Ownby...need for a variety of academic works on Falun Gong. Many articles have been written on...Since the circumstances surrounding Falun Gong are fluid, however, this is an area...
- Falun Gong arrests continue in Beijing.
- News wire article from: United Press International October 28, 1999 700+ words
...police in Beijing carted off scores of Falun Gong members who were gathering quietly in...aimed at curbing cults in China. The Falun Gong movement has now been officially branded...Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Falun Gong members have flocked to Beijing to protest...
- Falun Gong
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology January 1, 2001 700+ words
Falun Gong Falun Gong is one of several groups based in China whose belief and practice...Federation. In 1992, Li Hongzi withdrew from the federation and through Falun Gong has spread his own peculiar teachings based upon the traditional practice...
- Misprints? Falun Gong & the First Amendment.
- Magazine article from: Commonweal Moses, Paul June 6, 2003 700+ words
...have they clashed so starkly as in the case of the Falun Gong meditation movement versus China Press, a Manhattan...recent years, it has run numerous reports assailing Falun Gong. Falun Gong first came to public attention in the United States...
- In two years, Falun Gong nearly gone: In 1999, China outlawed the movement....
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 6, 2001 700+ words
...BEIJING -- Only two years ago, the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China could mobilize...police trucks arrived. China-wide, Falun Gong's grass-roots numbers ranged to the...anniversary of the official crackdown on Falun Gong, only four protesters were seen carried...