Note to readers: this is not a mere rhetorical flourish. Falun Gong practitioners are likely killed in large numbers (thousands) for the purpose of harvesting t

Note to readers: this is not a mere rhetorical flourish. Falun Gong practitioners are likely killed in large numbers (thousands) for the purpose of harvesting their organs, though obviously evidence of this is tightly controlled. Some facts that increase the plausibility of the claim: 1) China has among the shortest wait times in the world for organ transplants 2) China has little public engagement for voluntary organ donation. There were 373,536 registered organ donors nationally at the end of 2017. That number of donors would equate to 29 donations annually, going by US rates. Let's be generous and grant that 100 or so donations come from a voluntary donor. 3) Officially, the government of the PRC says that around 10k organ transplants happen per year. Most outside observers claim this is a significant undercount, but let's go with it. 4) The PRC claims that most of its organs come from voluntary donors. Where do the rest of the organs come from? There's a huge discrepancy here. You can find plenty of people who attest that they've witnessed them coming from Falun Gong practitioners. I don't find individual accounts of anything that compelling, but they're easy enough to find. Plus, any mention of any particular individual would bring in a large number of accounts dismissing and attacking that individual, derailing the conversation. If someone responds complaining that a lot of this is ultimately speculative: sure. The government of the PRC could easily address and dismiss this issue by offering transparency into its organ donation system. This is low risk and shouldn't undermine the PRC's informational priorities, as there's no reason for it to be a heavily politicized area of discussion (aside potentially from some class issues involving Western medical tourists). For a well sourced overview, see https://www.chinaorganharvest.org/app/uploads/2018/06/COHRC-2018-Report.pdf https://www.chinaorganharvest.org/app/uploads/2018/06/COHRC-... . Yes, the domain name seems sensationalist, but it's appropriate.