Eternal Spring
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In March 2002, a state TV signal in China is hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government narrative about their practice.
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World Falun Dafa Day in New York 2022
[58 min]
NTD Television streamed the 2022 World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 13. May 13 this year marked the 30th anniversary since Falun Dafa was introduced to the public in 1992, and it is also the 71st birthday of Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of the spiritual practice.
Forced Organ Harvesting in China: Examining the Evidence
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On May 12, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on forced organ harvesting in China, hosted by TLHRC Co-Chairs and Congressmen Christopher H. Smith and James P. McGovern.
Finding Calm in an Increasingly Chaotic World: 30 Years of Falun Gong
[9 min]
While our world seems more chaotic and stressful than ever, millions of people are rising to the challenge through the peaceful practice of Falun Gong. This video celebrates 30 years since the first Falun Gong class was given in China in 1992, which led to it becoming the most popular health and spiritual practice in the entire nation and an inspiration to millions worldwide.
Pandemic, Persecution and Pushback
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In May 1992, Falun Gong, an ancient mind-body meditation practice from the Buddhist tradition, was introduced to the public in China for the first time. Its popularity quickly skyrocketed. Exactly thirty years later, tens of millions of people in China and around the world practice the discipline, all the while creatively and peacefully resisting a violent campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Party in 1999 to wipe out the group.
China’s Underground Media
[9 min]
What’s the most effective way to change the world? Is it through tyranny? Is it through the media? Or is it when you simply touch the hearts of people through compassion and self-sacrifice…? Through civil disobedience, and peaceful activism? But can this method be effective even today?
Canaries in a Cold War
[50 min]
At the beginning of 2021, singer-songwriter and human rights activist James H. White sets out for Washington, DC to write a song in protest of the Beijing Winter Olympics. After hearing the gut-wrenching story of three sisters who were tortured in China, he flies across the Atlantic to talk with several experts, hoping to shed light on the stories he heard from the three sisters.
Canaries in a Cold War | Trailer
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WATCH THE FILMhere: https://tv.faluninfo.net/canaries-in-a-cold-war/ A high-profile documentary featuring foreign policy greats from the U.S. Department of State, the Canadian Parliament, Freedom House, the China Tribunal, Bitter Winter, and more will premiere this week. Synopsis: Singer-songwriter and human rights activist James H. White sets out for Washington, DC to write a […]
Athletes Competing Just Miles Away From Persecution ‘Hot Spots’ Near Beijing 2022
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A new map shows just how close the competing Olympians are to detention centers. Beijing’s surrounding persecution “hot spots” and China’s appalling human rights record are coming to light again. But it is not the whole picture. We know about the Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hong Kongers becoming targets of persecution, […]
The Beijing Olympics: A Deadly History
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Is terrible history repeating itself in 2022? Leading up to this year’s Olympic games The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has begun yet another round of campaigns of what the Party calls “maintaining social stability.” Current circumstances in China mirror trends seen in the 2008 Olympics. Following the 2008 Olympics, over […]
Unsilenced
[2 mins]
Based on true events, “Unsilenced” follows Wang, a university student in Beijing, and his friends as their carefree days are shattered by the 1999 order that banned the spiritual practice Falun Gong in China. As the state churns out lies and starts brutally suppressing voices of dissent, they cross paths with Daniel, a cynical American reporter struggling to find meaning in his profession in the country he loves. With the risk of prison, torture, and even death looming over them, they must all make a choice: to go with their conscience and speak the truth, or to remain silent as atrocious crimes go on behind closed doors.
Save Lucy Liu’s Mother
[2 mins]
When she was just four years old, Lucy was abducted from her daycare and held as ransom by Chinese police. They wanted to find her mother, Mrs. Liu Yan, and persecute her until Liu renounces her faith in Falun Gong.
Letter Campaign: Save Them For Grace
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All Grace (Fayuan) Chen hopes for this holiday season is her parents’ safety. Her mother and father were arrested and detained by Hunan Province authorities in October 2020, on the grounds of attending a reading session of Falun Gong texts akin to Bible study. Grace hasn’t heard from them since. […]
Will Unbreakable
[52 mins]
Mr. Zhiming Hu is a Falun Gong practitioner now working in New York City, but his road to the United States was long and dangerous. In China, Zhiming was once an Air Force Major. Because of his Falun Gong faith, he was expelled from the military, kidnapped by the secret […]
Film Festival Audience Feedback – Defiance in the Kingdom of Fake News
[7 min]
DEFIANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF FAKE NEWS, 10min., USADirected by Mathias Magnason In the northeastern city of Changchun, China, a group of six ordinary people — a truck driver, a food vendor, a housewife, etc. — gathered in secret to plan an extraordinary task: to break into the television broadcasting […]
Officials From China’s ‘Gestapo’ Facing Corruption Investigation | NTD Talking Points
[15 min]
The 610 Office—the “Gestapo” of China—was created by former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin. It’s used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. The director of the 610 Office oversees this extra-legal organization and commands the vast resources of the public security, state security, propaganda, and education ministries in China. Yet, it is precisely this director position that is known in China as the “death” position for a person’s political career in the Communist Party.
Crystal Chen – Faith Helped Me Survive Cruel Torture
[5 min]
Guangzhou native Crystal Chen operated the largest textile trading companies in the region until 1999, when the persecution on her faith began. Her livelihood was torn away as a result and she was also detained. From then on, the local authorities regularly used salt torture and force-feeding to coerce her into denouncing her beliefs.
Crystal Chen – Making Christmas Lights Until My Fingers Bled
[4 min]
Falun Gong practitioners are treated as slaves in China, Chen reveals. She was forced to do factory work for 16 hours a day, making anything from Disney merch to Christmas lights. Not only did the labor conditions mangle her hands, the guards also incentivized other inmates to abuse Falun Gong practitioners with an early release from prison…
Crystal Chen – Positional Torture Used to “Break” the Spirit
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The Chinese regime forced barbarous torture upon her in detainment, aimed at breaking her spirit. For 14 hours straight, Crystal Chen was beaten and insulted by guards. Their relentless abuse drove her to the brink of suicide.
Fuyao Li – Visiting My Parents in Jail
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Fuyao Li rarely uttered the words “Mom” and “Dad” in her childhood, because the Chinese Communist Party had deemed them dissidents for simply practicing a spiritual meditation. Li was only allowed to visit them twice a year, for mere minutes at a time.
Fuyao Li – Held Captive in School Dormitory
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When she was in primary school, Fuyao Li and her mother were imprisoned in a shoddy storage room in the schoolyard where Li attended and her mother had taught for years. Li’s mother was removed from her position, and two teachers kept 24/7 surveillance on the mother-daughter duo to pressure […]