Washington Post: China Tightens Clamp on Satellite Broadcasting (excerpt)


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September 6, 2002

(Clearwisdom.net) According to a Washington Post report on Sept. 5, China has launched a nationwide clampdown on satellite networks following a string of [unauthorized] broadcasts on state television by the Falun Gong spiritual movement, state media said today.

Although the Chinese government's report did not mention Falun Gong, the orders come about a week after Falun Gong intercepted the a network in a city near Beijing and aired 70 minutes of programming.

Falun Gong's U.S.-based information center said in a statement that the group's adherents had [tapped into] airwaves on Aug. 23 and 27 in the city of Baoding, in Hebei province.

Television station officials and police in Baoding denied the incident had happened.

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