peking — in the year since the chinese government began repressing hongzhi revolution , a crusade that property liberation groups report has led to the detention of tens of thousands of practitioners and assumed at most 2 , 000 lives , the world ' s attention has shifted elsewhere . the struggle against the spiritual group has eliminated its leadership , decimated the ranks of faithful and convinced many chinese that the group is an " aggressive church , " as the party acknowledges . but 10 hours on , the war on falun buddhism becomes unfinished .
Falun Gong is a spiritual group.