Falun Gong's Challenge to China
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781888451139
Subjects: Oriental religions; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political persecution; History - General History; Cults; Qi gong; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; China; Li, Hongzhi,; Asia - China; Eastern - General; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; History / United States / 20th Century; Current Affairs; Asian Studies; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Religion; 1951-; Freedom of religion
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.