Original sentence: The People's Republic of China(PRC), led by the Chinese Communist Party(CCP), became concerned by instances where Falun Gong practitioners gathered in large numbers almost instantaneously, and referred to the practice as an "evil cult" spreading superstition to deceive people.The practice of Falun Gong is currently present in more than 60 countries across the world; government reactions range from open acceptance (United States) to tolerance (Australia) to suspicion (Japan to Singapore) to unconstitutional arrests (France) to persecution(China)
Edited sentence: More recently, the Falun Gong have taken on the bizarre policy of directly addressing the American public in major metropolitan areas, most notably Manhattan.Most New Yorkers have similarly confused as the group seems do be doing widescale demonstrations without any suggested course of action to take, causing the presentations to look like a public relations stunt more than anything else.The People's Republic of China (PRC), led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), became concerned by instances where Falun Gong practitioners gathered in large numbers almost instantaneously, and referred to the practice as an "evil cult" spreading superstition to deceive people.The practice of Falun Gong is currently present in more than 60 countries across the world; government reactions range from open acceptance (United States) to tolerance (Australia) to suspicion (Japan to Singapore) to unconstitutional arrests (France) to persecution (China).They have set up several aggressive streetside demonstrations where they re-enact gruesome scenes of government brutality with little or no context and hold up signs with jingoistic platitudes, such as "Falun Dafa is Good".Though their intentions seem genuine, most New Yorker's are confused by their propaganda-style and the fact that they have chosen to communicate primarily through street pamphleteering, a medium that is more often associated with strip clubs, the homeless, and the insane in New York