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Originally Posted by mikado
Good for them 
Out of interest, can anyone in China explain why the government is so against Falun Gong? What is Falun Gong doing that makes it unacceptable? Serious question. |
Yes FLG is a cult. But they did not get into trouble because of their wacky belief as they'd been around for a while. Somebody did an expose on a paper saying how wacky they were, and they retaliated by encircling the ZhongNanHai (that's White House and Capitol Hill rolled into one). So they were seen as a political challenge to the rule of the CCP.
Contrary to popular belief, China doesn't persecute religion. But the Chinese state has always persecuted religious organizations mercilessly since antiquity. And throughout our history, these organizations eventually were not content with simply leading the flock and mounted political rebellions. So the CCP was basically trying to take care of the risk at the onset.