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News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002
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Group: Falun Gong,
Research Society of Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa |
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Founder: Li Hongzhi |
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Category: Religious: eastern |
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Topic: government |
Government Policy / China
China Tightening Religious Controls
President Jiang Zemin has demanded tighter control over religion, indicating that current strict state restrictions are not about to be relaxed. "Religion should never be allowed to be used to oppose the party leadership or the socialist system, or destroy national reunification and ethnic unity," he said in a speech to a national meeting on religion. Jiang has long
been seen as the main mover behind the two-year crackdown on Falun Gong that has resulted in the jailing of tens of thousands of the group's followers. He called Falun Gong the "biggest threat to the Communist Party" since the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests. Nonetheless, he said that the party "must correctly recognize the long-term existence of religion under the conditions of
socialism and neither use administrative powers to eradicate religion or use administrative powers to develop religion." (AFP in Herald Sun, 12/13/01, Internet)
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International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries
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Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 |
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| News Summaries |
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News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002
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Group: Falun Gong,
Research Society of Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa |
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Founder: Li Hongzhi |
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Category: Religious: eastern |
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Topic: government |
Government Policy / China
China Tightening Religious Controls
President Jiang Zemin has demanded tighter control over religion, indicating that current strict state restrictions are not about to be relaxed. "Religion should never be allowed to be used to oppose the party leadership or the socialist system, or destroy national reunification and ethnic unity," he said in a speech to a national meeting on religion. Jiang has long
been seen as the main mover behind the two-year crackdown on Falun Gong that has resulted in the jailing of tens of thousands of the group's followers. He called Falun Gong the "biggest threat to the Communist Party" since the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests. Nonetheless, he said that the party "must correctly recognize the long-term existence of religion under the conditions of
socialism and neither use administrative powers to eradicate religion or use administrative powers to develop religion." (AFP in Herald Sun, 12/13/01, Internet)
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International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries
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Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 |
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| News Summaries |
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News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002
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Group: Falun Gong,
Research Society of Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa |
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Founder: Li Hongzhi |
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Category: Religious: eastern |
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Topic: government |
Government Policy / China
China Tightening Religious Controls
President Jiang Zemin has demanded tighter control over religion, indicating that current strict state restrictions are not about to be relaxed. "Religion should never be allowed to be used to oppose the party leadership or the socialist system, or destroy national reunification and ethnic unity," he said in a speech to a national meeting on religion. Jiang has long
been seen as the main mover behind the two-year crackdown on Falun Gong that has resulted in the jailing of tens of thousands of the group's followers. He called Falun Gong the "biggest threat to the Communist Party" since the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests. Nonetheless, he said that the party "must correctly recognize the long-term existence of religion under the conditions of
socialism and neither use administrative powers to eradicate religion or use administrative powers to develop religion." (AFP in Herald Sun, 12/13/01, Internet)
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