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Positive Reports on Falun Gong by Mainland China Media Before the Persecution of Falun Gong Began in 1999 (Clearwisdom Database resource) [Note: we are still in the process of collecting, sorting and perfecting the
materials that reflect the journey of Falun Dafa. Readers, please make sure to
download the most recent edition when citing facts from our website. Many events
have taken place since the early preparation stage of Falun Dafa's public
introduction. Under the current circumstances, the editors have collected and
compiled the following facts to allow people to search for information. We
welcome additional feedback from Dafa practitioners around the world to further
complete and correct the chronicle.] During the seven years from May 1992 to July 1999, the number of Falun Gong
practitioners reached 70 to 100 million, based on internal investigations
conducted by the Ministry of Public Security. The following chronicles are
positive reports about Falun Gong published before the persecution started in
1999: June 1993: The Chinese Qigong magazine published a special report on Falun
Gong and Mr. Li Hongzhi. April, May, August 1994: Window to Art magazine published special reports on
Falun Gong and Mr. Li Hongzhi in three monthly issues. March 17, 1997: Dalian Daily, a local Chinese newspaper, published an article
titled "The Elderly Good Samaritan Makes Contribution Quietly." The
news article described how an elderly man, Sheng Lijian, built a road that was
over 1,100 meters long for his village on his own after he started to practice
Falun Gong. February 21, 1998: Dalian Evening, a Chinese newspaper, published a story
praising the courageous action of Yuan Hongcun, a Falun Gong practitioner at the
Dalian Naval Vessels Academy. He rescued a child who had fallen under a crack in
ice that was 3-meters thick in the Dalian Freedom River. July 19, 1998: China Economy Times published an article titled, "I Can
Stand Up!" This article reported a story of Xie Xiufen, a housewife from
Handan City, Hebei Province, who had been paralyzed for over 16 years, but was
able to walk after she started practicing Falun Gong. August 11, 1998: Beijing Daily published an article describing Beijing
citizens practicing various exercises, especially Falun Gong, in the morning.
The article included a photo of practitioners practicing the Falun Gong
exercises. November 1, 1998: China Leshan Evening published a photo report saying that
over 1,300 Dafa practitioners participated in a Falun Dafa experience-sharing
conference in Leshan and Meishan. November 10, 1998: China Yangcheng Evening published an article titled,
"Both the Elderly and the Young Practice Falun Gong," that reported
about 5,000 practitioners participating in the large-scale morning exercises.
The article also told a story about Ms. Lin Chanying, a statistician at
Guangzhou Leather Diwei Co. Ltd., who had been paralyzed and lost control of 70%
of her body, but being able to walk again after she started practicing Falun
Gong. November 24, 1998: A Shanghai TV station broadcast two reports on Falun
Gong's immense popularity in Shanghai, as well as other countries all over the
world. In one of the reports, the TV station said that there were already one
hundred million people practicing Falun Gong in China. December 31, 1998: Shenxin Times devoted a whole page of the newspaper to a
special report on Falun Gong. The headlines in the page included a summary of
Falun Gong, "Falun Gong's Mind Body Cultivation Becomes Popular in Pengchen;
3,000 Practitioners Enjoy Practicing Falun Gong," "Falun Gong Group
Practice Sites in College; College Professors and Students Want to Learn Falun
Gong," "Falun Gong's Miraculous Healing Power; Many Patients Benefited
from Falun Gong," etc. The stories were accompanied by seven color photos
of Falun Dafa experience-sharing conferences and group practices.
Posting date: 9/20/2004 |