Following China’s desire to strengthen transplant organ sharing and cooperation with Taiwan and other countries, opponents of the plan have expressed alarm and condemnation in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, pointing to China’s practice of forced organ harvesting from living persons. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) unofficial spokesperson on organ transplant, Huang Jiefu said in […]
Readers find reassurance that goodness is the key to a blessed life and future in “How Humankind Came To Be,” an article by Falun Gong founder Mr. Li Hongzhi. Janice Abernethy, a retired schoolteacher and author of children’s books, believes that one should do what’s right, regardless of one’s spiritual beliefs. “I like the fact […]
U.S. House passed a bill to punish the Chinese Communist Party on March 27 for its forced live organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. The bill, dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, aims to sanction anyone involved in the horrific act and requires annual government reporting on such activities taking place in […]
Marie Cirigliano, a 69-year-old pharmacy technician in Florida, said she felt “lighter somehow and happier” the day she read “How Humankind Came To Be.” The article was written by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, and published by The Epoch Times on the eve of Chinese New Year. Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, […]
The House on March 27 overwhelmingly passed a bill to punish communist China for its forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. The move marked the first non-symbolic legislative measure in the United States to counter the atrocity. H.R. 1154, dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed by a vote of 413 […]
Readers said that Falun Gong founder Mr. Li Hongzhi’s article “How Humankind Came To Be” inspired them to think more about life and the universe and be their best. They reached this similar conclusion via different paths tied to their unique backgrounds. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice rooted in […]
Ken Sperry, retired from two decades in the Air Force, now drives charter buses and tour buses across the country. He says he wishes he could print whole stacks of pamphlets with the article “How Humankind Came To Be” printed on it, so that the many people he comes across on the job have a […]
Falun Gong founder Mr. Li Hongzhi’s article “How Humankind Came To Be” carries universalness beyond institutional teachings, readers say. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice rooted in ancient Chinese culture and centers around the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. Mr. Li introduced it to the public in China in […]
WASHINGTON—Beijing’s state-sponsored forced organ harvesting has remained a concern for the United States, a State Department official told reporters on March 20. The communist regime’s systematic act of forcibly taking organs from prisoners of conscience for sale, which first came to light around 2006 after several whistleblowers came forward to The Epoch Times, has gained […]
John Babin, a retired engineer from Minnesota, recently came across NTD article “How Humankind Came To Be,” by Mr. Li Hongzhi. He said it stood out to him and resonated very much with his own mindset and beliefs of being good and kind. John is a practicing Christian who was raised a Catholic. He says […]
Denise Kalm’s encounter with Falun Gong, a spiritual practice rooted in ancient Chinese culture, began many years ago. Although she initially got a negative opinion about the practice from mainstream media articles, her view changed in the last few years after she got an Epoch Times subscription. Then, she attended Shen Yun, a top classical Chinese […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate is aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. S.761, also dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, would authorize the State Department to deny or revoke passports and visas to anyone involved in forced organ harvesting. It would […]
Zhang Jiuhai, a Beijing resident, died in early 2023, about one and half years after he was released from a 4-year prison term for practicing Falun Gong. After Zhang was released from prison in May 2021, he struggled with poor health from the long-term torture he had endured while in custody, according to a Minghui.org […]
A bill aimed at combating the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting has cleared the committee and is headed for a vote on the House floor. H.R. 1154, also known as the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed unanimously through the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 28 and is now advancing to […]
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Hundreds of Falun Gong adherents paraded down the streets of Brooklyn’s Chinatown area to highlight communist China’s abuses, including its actions targeting residents on U.S. soil. A week earlier, David Fang, a Falun Gong practitioner, was attacked by a pro-Beijing man at an information booth in New York’s Flushing. The assault left […]
NEW YORK—A man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting an adherent of the spiritual group Falun Gong who volunteers at an information booth in New York’s Flushing neighborhood. Qi Zhongping, 77, insulted and physically attacked Falun Gong practitioner David Fang, leaving Fang bleeding on his neck, hand, chest, and knee. Adherents say that Qi has […]
The State Department is urging all governments to respect religious freedom after Europe’s international human rights court ruled Russia’s ban on Falun Gong materials is illegal. “More broadly, we strongly oppose laws that impede freedom of expression and freedom of religion—rights protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil […]
The State Department has condemned the Chinese Communist Party following the death of a jailed journalist who wouldn’t give up his faith. The victim, Pang Xun, a radio host for state-owned Sichuan Radio and Television, died at the age of 30 in December in a Chinese prison notorious for its brutality toward adherents of the […]
When Robert Ranck first read “How Humankind Came To Be” by Mr. Li Hongzhi, published by The Epoch Times, he was in shock. So much so that he spent the next 10 minutes sitting in still silence, turning over in his head what he had just read. The article had articulated so much of what […]
When Dr. Ananias Diokno saw the article “How Humankind Came To Be” by Mr. Li Hongzhi, published by The Epoch Times, he was curious as to what answer the author would supply. “I think I know,” Dr. Diokno thought. “It is by evolution or by Creation, which is a discussion that has been going on.” But […]
Peter Larson, an entrepreneur of two wood businesses, had been on a long spiritual journey before coming across “How Humankind Came To Be,” an article published last month in The Epoch Times by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient Chinese spiritual practice consisting […]
Kelly Kinkade, a Stoic who believes in acquiring virtue and embracing difficulties in life as a means to personal growth, found many similarities between his moral philosophy and the teachings of the spiritual practice Falun Gong. Truth, compassion, and tolerance—the core tenets of Falun Gong—are akin to Stoic virtue and its four facets—justice, temperance, wisdom, […]
Mary Rose Martin, an elementary school teacher, sees life as a test and agrees that the purpose of life is to pave the way to heaven. Upon reading “How Humankind Came To Be,” an article Falun Gong founder Li Hongzhi published in The Epoch Times last month, she wrote to the newspaper: “Living in the […]
His lips were streaked with dried blood. His chest was covered with bruises and scars, his legs battered. Footage of a 30-year-old man’s corpse, recently circulated on Twitter and confirmed by The Epoch Times, offered a glimpse of what had happened to him in a Chinese jail cell. Pang Xun, a Falun Gong practitioner, died […]
A brutal persecution that began two decades ago is still happening today in mainland China. The victims are followers of a spiritual practice called Falun Gong. According to U.S.-based Falun Gong information website Minghui, 117 practitioners were sentenced for their beliefs in January this year. Among them, more than 30 were over 60 years old. […]
In the past, when Chinese people wondered about the meaning of life, they looked to the Confucian classics or brought their questions to monasteries and temples. But this tradition has been decimated, a result of the Communist Party’s decadeslong campaign to eradicate traditional beliefs and replace them with Marxist-Lenninist ideologies of materialism and atheism. Nowadays, […]
Frank James Cellucci, an engineer from Santa Cruz, California, shared his understanding with The Epoch Times on Feb. 3, after reading the article “How Humankind Came To Be” by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, which was published just before the Chinese New Year. “I appreciate this article very much. The first time […]
What’s the purpose of our lives? Legends from China and elsewhere say that divine beings created humans modeled in their own image. By following Heaven’s commandments, humankind can enjoy a harmonious life, while waiting for the Creator’s return. But communism detests these traditional ideas. Since it seized power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) […]
NEW YORK—A time for renewal and reflection emerged as key themes for adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Gong who participated in Flushing’s Lunar New Year parade on Jan. 21 to usher in the year of the rabbit. Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners formed several segments of a thousands-strong parade that marched through the heart […]
Jiang Zemin, the former top leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), died last month. But ‘don’t mourn’ him—That’s the message from the Digital Outreach director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, Ben Maloney. He says the ex-CCP head was responsible for “one of the largest persecutions in world history.”
Dec. 10 was International Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 75 years ago. Practitioners of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, held a London rally to commemorate the day, receiving letters of support from some members of Parliament.
A rally promoting human rights in China took place in Nuremberg, Germany, a city known as the hub of human rights because that’s where the famous Nuremberg Trials were held. Past and present converged in the heart of Nuremberg. Here, human rights defenders raised their voices against the decades-long persecution of Falun Gong in China. […]
The United States has sanctioned a Chinese official for his role in persecuting the faith group Falun Gong, which the communist party ruling China has targeted in an unrelenting eradication campaign for more than 23 years. Tang Yong, formerly a deputy director of the Chongqing Area Prisons in southwestern China, is now designated a gross […]
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a new report and a list of victims of religious persecution around the world. The report states the Chinese communist regime continues to persecute Falun Gong adherents by targeting them with charges relating to the practice of faiths deemed unacceptable to the atheist Communist Party. USCIRF […]
Former Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin is widely known to have started the persecution of Falun Gong, which is considered to be one of the most horrific human rights abuses in modern times. NTD spoke to Levi Browde, executive director of Falun Dafa Information Center, for more details.
Former Chinese communist party leader Jiang Zemin, who single-handedly launched one of the most brutal persecutions against a faith group in modern times, died at the age of 96, according to China’s state-run media. Jiang, who was the communist regime’s top leader from 1993 to 2003, passed away owing to leukemia and multiple organ failure. […]
In this special episode, we sat down with Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Gong Information Center. He sheds light on how the persecution of Falun Gong in China is a reflection of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) greater goals against the free world, and more, in the newly released report Pandemic, Persecution, and Pushback. […]
The persecution of Falun Gong or Falun Dafa, a spiritual meditation practice, is ongoing in China. This July 20 marks the 23rd year of the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Falun Gong adherents from around the United States will gather on July 21 at the nation’s capital to commemorate and raise awareness. Beginning […]
