Image for article Washington Post: Human Fire Ignites Chinese Mystery Motive for Public Burning Intensifies Fight Over Falun Gong

This investigative report from Washington Post provided several facts about the Tiananmen self-immolation including the following:

  • Liu Chunling (who set herself on fire at Tiananmen and died later) was not a native of Kaifeng and made a living as a hostess in a nightclub;
  • Liu Chunling would beat her elderly mother and young daughter from time to time;
  • No one ever saw Liu practiced the Falun Gong exercises.

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The Clearwisdom Editors would like to introduce to our fellow practitioners a new section known as the "Weekly Highlights." Each week, articles that we feel have the most significance for our cultivation and have improved our understanding in a meaningful way will be submitted to this section. We highly encourage practitioners to share these articles at your local reading groups with those who may not have access to Clearwisdom. We hope "Weekly Highlights" will make it more convenient for practitioners ...

Image for article New York Times: Losing By Winning

BEIJING -- MS. LU, a 40-year-old owner of a small beauty parlor, had a typical response to the gruesome television special last Wednesday night. [...] When the Chinese government tried to make propaganda from attempted self-immolations by apparent Falun Gong believers, which left one person dead and four severely burned, its plan was as wooden and anachronistic as ever: First, suppress the news. Then, days later, orchestrate a crescendo of extreme television, radio and newspaper reports and editorials. Finally, marshall relatives of ...

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