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A visit from the West Inspired Millions in the East. On November 20, 2001, 36 people from around the world gathered on Tiananmen Square. Many had never met, many didn’t even know if anyone else would show up. It was a gathering both necessary and unpredictable. Synopsis: Journey to Tiananmen […]
Schechter | 2001 | Documentary
Schechter | 2001 | Documentary
On January 23, 2001, it was reported that five people set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The documentary analyzes the incident which the CCP media used to accuse Falun Gong as harmful to society, and which allowed the CCP to ramp up the persecution in years to come.
For the last 20 years you’ve heard journalists talking about them on the T.V. and radio. You’ve seen them holding rallies and peace protests around the world. Who are the practitioners of Falun Gong? What motivates them? And how might their struggle to expose the Chinese Communist Party have far reaching implications for all of us?
News report by CNN’s Judy Woodruff from June 4, 1999, included interview with the founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li.
In 1998, China’s state-controlled TV openly promotes Falun Gong, declaring “100 million people around the world are learning Falun Dafa.”
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