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Sydney Practitioner's 500 Mile Bicycle Trip - Appealing for Help in Delivering Christmas Gift to Fiance' Detained in China Written by a practitioner in Sydney, Australia
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Li Qizhong, an Australian citizen, began a 5-day,
500-mile bicycle trek from in front of the Sydney Chinese Consulate at 12:30 pm
on December 16, 2002. The purpose of Li's trip was to appeal to the federal and
local Australian governments, the media, and his fellow Australian citizens to
urge the Australian Foreign Affairs Department to help him deliver a Christmas
gift and letter of support to his fiance', Li Ying. Li Ying is being illegally
detained in a labor camp in China for practicing Falun Gong. Li traveled to the south and then headed west, going through the cities of
Wollongong, Dapto, Nowra, and Canberra. His final stop was in the city of Albury. Through his fiance's experience, Li said that he wanted to let the
Australian people recognize more clearly the plight of millions of Falun Gong
practitioners in China, and motivate them to care about and help stop this
persecution of millions of innocent people. The bicycle trip was part of the
international "Rescue Our Families" campaign that began earlier this
year. Australia is a very dry, hot country in the summer. Li began his bicycle trip
wearing a yellow T-shirt that read "Help Rescue Our Families." The
scorching waves of hot air, steep slopes, and treacherous roads far exceeded his
expectations before departure. But thinking of his fiance' and the tens of
thousands of Falun Gong practitioners who have been illegally detained and
tortured, his pain became nothing in comparison. Li was determined to do his
best to tell the Australian people the true situation of Falun Gong and the
persecution and help rescue his beloved fiance'. Posting date: 12/26/2002
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