Falun Gong's Challenge to China
Subtitle: Spiritual Practice or Evil Cult?
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781888451276
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Political oppression & persecution; Religion: general; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; China; Asia - China; Eastern - General; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; History / United States / 20th Century; Cults; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights
First sentence: On October 1, 1999, in the symbolic center of China at the vast square in Beijing called Tiananmen, with the Great Hall of the People on the west side, and the Gate of Heavenly Peace fronting the Forbidden City on the north, the People's Republic threw itself the mother of all parties to celebrate its fiftieth birthday.