Publications, Press Releases
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FDI Press Release: Sweden Responds to China's Pressure on Thailand
2003-05-07
As part of its worldwide campaign to persecute Falun Gong, the Chinese regime is exerting pressure on the Thai government to deport a Swedish Falun Gong practitioner living in Thailand. The Swedish Embassy in Thailand quickly demanded "an immediate explanation" from the Thai Foreign Ministry for this blatant violation of the human rights of an innocent Swedish citizen. -
The Scotsman: Painted Protest
2003-05-07'A professional artist for many years, Zhang began to suffer from severe arthritis in 1996. Unable to paint and barely able to walk, there appeared to be little conventional doctors could do to help. But then Zhang decided to try using the five basic positions of Falun Gong to ease the pain in her joints. The results exceeded all her expectations and in just five weeks she was cured.' -
Swedish Newspaper Reports on Falun Dafa Appeal
2003-05-04The article stated that, ‘Besides the information about the persecution, a special flyer has been printed about the lung disease SARS,’ and continues by quoting a Swedish practitioner: “The fact that China kept the spreading of SARS secret from other countries for several months, is another example of how the regime lies to the people of China and the people of the world.” -
Washington Post: China Feels Side Effects From SARS
2003-05-04'Officials loyal to Jiang, who stepped down from the presidency in March, are believed to have backed the idea of underreporting the SARS epidemic and lying to the World Health Organization and foreign governments about its spread..."The Jiang clique has miscalculated the situation and is becoming rapidly irrelevant," said Yu, the specialist at the U.S. Naval Academy. Chinese Internet chat rooms are full of invective against Jiang and significantly are not being censored.' -
EFGIC: 12 More Falun Gong Practitioners Confirmed Dead From Torture in China – Actual Death Toll Remains Unknown
2003-04-30'Inside sources in China have reported the deaths of 12 more Falun Gong practitioners, raising the total confirmed dead in the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Gong to 673. With the regime’s tactics of lying to hide unpleasant news from leaking out made tragically clear to the world in the cover-up of the SARS epidemic, the true number of Falun Gong deaths is surely many times greater.' -
Reuters: Could SARS Be Reform-fostering "China's Chernobyl"?
2003-04-29""SARS showed that the Chinese political system has got to catch up with the technology," Lord said. "In the age of the Internet and cell phones that it could keep this sickness secret from the Chinese people and ultimately the world ... the Chinese ought to get on top of this and change that system...It's going to cost them diplomatically and economically. I say this as a friend of China who continues to work for good relations but I believe in being candid," said Lord, who was ambassador to Beijing just before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of students demonstrating for political reforms." -
The Tech (MIT's newspaper): Lawsuits Against Genocide
2003-04-29'Individual Falun Gong plaintiffs in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit charging Jiang Zemin and other top officials in his "610 Office" with genocide and torture...This lawsuit will require Jiang Zemin to answer for the crimes he has committed against the Chinese people. It will restore China's dignity and virtue as well as social stability built on justice and human rights.' -
Time Magazine: Hiding The Patients (Photo)
2003-04-28"We have clearly told the government the international community doesn't trust your figures," said Henk Bekedam, the WHO representative to China. -
Press Statement by Irish Falun Dafa Association: On the Fourth Anniversary of April 25
2003-04-26'During the past four years, while facing inhumane persecution, Falun Gong practitioners have maintained the spirit of tolerance, rationality and non-violence at all times. We are here today to commemorate this historical event that occurred four years ago and to call for people to pay attention to this groundless and brutal persecution that has also lasted for nearly four years.' -
Report from the Taiwan Business and Commerce Times: Mainland China's Economy is in Shock Under the Effect of SARS
2003-04-26The spreading of SARS in mainland China is already having negative effects on the Chinese economy, especially jeopardising the tourism industry, commercial marketing and trade shows. Experts estimate that China's GDP may be significantly lowered. However, top Chinese economics experts are more worried about the long term effects, as it becomes clear to foreign investors that the Chinese authorities conceal the truth and risk the lives of their people to uphold their international image. -
Apple Daily: Dismissing a Couple of Officials From Their Posts Cannot Possibly Change the Chinese Government's Vice of Lying
2003-04-26'The totalitarian system in China encourages lying to cover up mistakes. We should be clear that the administration of the Chinese government never follows any due process, nor does it have enough transparency and media supervision. Whenever there is any problem, the first thing officials will do is cover up the truth and prevent the news from leaking out.' -
Apple Daily: US Congress Is Concerned About Article 23 Legislation
2003-04-25Apple Daily reported on April 17 that the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law continues to receive worldwide attention. The report points out that even though Hong Kong still respects the freedom to enter and leave Hong Kong, last June, 90 Falun Gong practitioners were denied entrance to Hong Kong. -
EFGIC: SARS - China Lies, People Die
2003-04-24“The SARS tragedy demonstrates the Chinese regime’s willingness to lie and spread propaganda for its own self-interest, even when the lives of millions are at stake,” explains European Falun Gong Information Centre spokesman, Mr. Peter Jauhal. “For almost four years, we have witnessed this regime severely persecute Falun Gong and then lie and spread propaganda to the world to cover it up. It’s the same pattern, and it poses an extraordinary threat not just to China but also to the world.” -
The Baltimore Sun: Deal with devil proves deadly
2003-04-23'China sat by idly for four months as SARS cases accumulated in its southern province, hoping nobody would notice so as to avoid embarrassment. The lack of a free press to alert the public to the developing pattern not only cost untold Chinese lives but put at risk tourists, business managers and other expatriates. Among them are citizens of nations that didn't believe that Beijing's oppression affected them...Suddenly, the world's investors recall why China is still a risky place to open a franchise or build a factory. If Beijing will lie about something as serious as its own public health crisis, how trustworthy are the delirious economic statistics it publishes? And if there's no democratic way to remove corrupt leaders, isn't corruption also a real threat to that cherished "stability," too?' -
BusinessWeek: China's Deadliest Plague: Authoritarianism
2003-04-23'Now, everyone can see that democracy isn't just a luxury. They can see that authoritarianism doesn't even guarantee stability. A government that represses information not only kills its people -- and those of other countries -- but it spreads panic and disbelief as its credibility erodes.'
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