Many adherents of Falun Gong see the Commentaries as a valuable source of information on China’s communist party, and believe that if more people could understand its past campaigns of suppression, brainwashing, etc., they would be able to see Falun Gong’s mistreatment in a broader context and, thus, be less susceptible to official state-run media claims. Many have thus shared the Commentaries with others. (report)