It's no coincidence the Falun Gong group has emerged as a rival to the suffering certainties of Maoist dogma. It is a permanent tomb, one located in cyberspace. Across the mainland and in Taiwan, authorities have been urging less interring of bodies and more cremations. Better to have one there at the touch of your keyboard than in a windswept plot overlooking the Taiwan Strait. But then again, I'm not Chinese.
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