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What is Falun Gong exactly? I never understood what they are.
by g42gregory 3y ago
What is Falun Gong exactly? I never understood what they are.
- jacquesm 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong No guarantees about NPOV on that page. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Falun_Gong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Falun_Gong If you want to see what makes WikiPedia tick that's a great place to start.
- g42gregory 3y agoInteresting. The Wikipedia's declaration about them being "new religious movement" is inconsistent with the body of the article. It looks like it started as some kind of Chi Kung exercise and wellness group, but it got big very fast and Chinese Government got concerned about their popularity. Then, under CCP persecution, it escalated and morphed into a full-blown political dissident movement. Initially viewed favorably by the press as a dissident movement. Now, Wikipedia article is very unfavorable because The Epoch Times misalignment with press. Ok, I think I understand.
- jacquesm 3y agoI wouldn't trust either the CCP or Falun Gong to speak my weight, they are both power structures and they are both engaging in all kinds of PR exercises to put themselves in the best light. But to Falun Gong's credit: I don't think they've engaged in massive human rights violations so they have that going for them. But there are certain cult like aspects to it and 'new religious movement' or not I think that the fewer such entities there are the better (and also fewer of the likes of the CCP please).