Thursday, July 31, 2025

[Minghui.org] Hawaii: Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in Waikiki Holiday Parade

 December 10, 2019 | By Falun Dafa practitioners in Hawaii

Nahe has practiced Falun Dafa for two and a half years. Nearly every weekend, she and her brother join other practitioners to do the exercises at Ala Moana Beach Park. She said that practicing Falun Dafa has made her a better person and helped her concentrate on her studies.

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners from Hawaii were invited to participate in the Waikiki Holiday Parade on November 29, 2019. The popular annual parade, held on the Friday after Thanksgiving, celebrates the national holiday, and solemnly commemorates those who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Thousands of people lined Kalakaua Avenue, near Waikiki beach – Honolulu’s most popular tourist destination. The annual event is one of Hawaii’s largest parades. Practitioners participated in the parade for the first time this year.

Practitioners hold banners with the message, “Falun Dafa is Good,” “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” during the parade.

The event attracts tens of thousands of spectators, residents, and tourists every year. Local Hawaiian marching bands, military bands from the U.S mainland, survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, military units, local officials, dignitaries, and artists take part in the parade. This year 38 groups participated in the parade, including over 30 bands from the U.S mainland as well as local Hawaiian organizations.

Practitioners Kahiau (left) participated in the parade with his father Robert and sister Nahe (right).

Twelve year-old Nahe, her 17 year-old brother Kahiau, and their father Robert Quartero took part in this year’s parade. The young practitioners were thrilled. Nahe has practiced Falun Dafa for two and a half years. Nearly every weekend, she and her brother join other practitioners to do the exercises at Ala Moana Beach Park. She said that practicing Falun Dafa has made her a better person and helped her concentrate on her studies.

Nia Liberty

Nia Liberty, from Africa, said that this was the first time she heard of the spiritual practice. She gladly took the brochure about Falun Dafa and said she would read it and check the website.

A spectator takes a photo of practitioners as they walk in the parade.

Betty helped organize the practitioners’ entry in the parade. She said practitioners prepared several hundred lotus flowers with the message “Falun Dafa is wonderful” to give out. People loved the flowers, and soon after the parade started, all the flowers were taken. Many people also took information about Falun Dafa and expressed interest in knowing more about the ancient spiritual practice.

Chinese version available

Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2019/12/10/181042.html


Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.

To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.

For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.


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【明慧网】夏威夷法轮功学员参加感恩节大游行(图)

 文: 夏威夷法轮功学员

娜海修炼法轮功两年半的时间了,几乎每个周末她和哥哥都会和当地其他的法轮功学员到阿拉莫阿纳海滩公园(Ala Moana Beach Park)的法轮功炼功点炼五套功法,娜海表示,炼功以后,让她学习更加专注,而法轮大法的书籍则令她在做人处事上受益匪浅。

【明慧网二零一九年十二月五日】2019年11月29日傍晚,数以万计的民众在夏威夷檀香山市最著名的景点威基基海滩(Waikiki Beach)附近的卡拉卡瓦大道(Kalakaua Ave)举行盛大节日游行,欢庆感恩节。一年一度的感恩节大游行是夏威夷一年中最大的游行之一,今年是夏威夷法轮功学员首次参加这一节日盛典。

图1:夏威夷法轮功学员在大游行中打出“法轮大法好”、“真善忍好”的横幅。

威基基节日游行始于1997年,是为了纪念“珍珠港事件”及幸存者而举行。该活动的目的是教育学生铭记这一美国历史上的重要事件,并保护夏威夷本土的波利尼亚文化。当地人还借这次活动来迎接节日季的到来。每年都会有上万名观众、居民和游客在感恩节后的周五汇集于此,当地乐队、美国本土军乐队、珍珠港事件幸存者、军事单位、当地官员、知名人士和艺人都会参加这场游行。今年的游行活动一共有38支队伍,这些团队有来自美国本土的30多支乐队,也有来自夏威夷当地的社团,今年夏威夷法轮功学员也首次参加此游行活动。

图2:夏威夷法轮大法小弟子凯奥(Kahiau)和爸爸罗伯特(Robert)、妹妹(Nahe)第一次参加感恩节大游行。

12岁的法轮大法小弟子娜海(Nahe)和17岁的哥哥凯奥(Kahiau)与爸爸罗伯特(Robert Quartero)一同参加了本次大游行,这也是她和哥哥第一次参加这样盛大的游行,以前都是作为观众,这一次却成为游行参与者,令这对兄妹兴奋不已。娜海修炼法轮功两年半的时间了,几乎每个周末她和哥哥都会和当地其他的法轮功学员到阿拉莫阿纳海滩公园(Ala Moana Beach Park)的法轮功炼功点炼五套功法,娜海表示,炼功以后,让她学习更加专注,而法轮大法的书籍则令她在做人处事上受益匪浅。

图3:非裔女孩Nia Liberty手持法轮功传单,表示一定会回去好好阅读。

参观游行的观众中有游客,也有每年必来的当地民众。非裔女孩儿Nia Liberty表示自己是第一次听说法轮功,她非常高兴接收到法轮功的传单,她认为能在这里看到法轮功的队伍非常开心,回家后一定会好好阅读一下法轮大法的网站,了解法轮功。

图4:夏威夷法轮功学员的队伍路过时,观众用手机摄影留念。

游行整个过程持续两个小时,法轮功队伍组织者之一Betty表示:“夏威夷威基基是全球的旅游度假胜地,参加这次游行,是希望世界各地的游客能够有机会在此了解法轮功真相。今天游行我们准备了几百个有着‘法轮大法好’字样的小莲花,受到民众的喜爱,争先恐后的领取,队伍出发没多久,就发光了。在游行过程中,有的观众追上来拍摄我们‘法轮大法好’的横幅,还有很多民众接到大法简介传单后表示有兴趣更加深入的了解法轮功。”

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Source: http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2019/12/5/夏威夷法轮功学员参加感恩节大游行(图)-396684.html


朋友,您知道吗?从1992年5月开始,到2010年底为止,法轮功已经传到114多个国家,在那里人们都可以自由自在的炼功…

可是,在中国,从1999年7月20日开始,江泽民因为妒忌法轮功人数众多,对法轮功恶毒的诽谤与迫害。社会上很多人听信了共产党媒体的宣传和煽动,对法轮功产生了很深的误解与仇恨。

最为恶劣的,是在2001年1月导演了一场所谓的”自焚”闹剧,并通过新华社以从未有过的速度向全世界散播,嫁祸法轮功。这场闹剧,后被包括服务于联合国的国际教育发展组织(IED)在内的多个国际组织认定为虚假编造。朋友,您愿意把法轮功真相与更多的人分享吗?


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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

[Minghui.org] Former Political Section Chief of Liaozhong County Police Department Tortured to Death – Additional Information (Photo)

 February 10, 2011 | By a Clearwisdom correspondent from Liaoning Province, China

This good person, who insisted on upholding the truth and cultivating Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, was persecuted to death by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). 

Name: Han Qingcai (韩庆财) 
Gender:
 Male 
Age: 62 
Address: Unknown 
Occupation: former Political Section Chief of Liaozhong County Police Department in the Liaoning Province Bureau 
Date of Death: August 19, 2003 
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 6, 2002 
Most Recent Place of Detention: Laiozhong County Detention Center (辽中县看守所) 
City: Liaozhong County 
Province: Liaoning 
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, imprisonment, home ransacking, interrogation, detention 

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Han Qingcai, 62, was the former Political Section Chief of the Liaozhong County Police Department in Liaoning Province. In 2001, he went to Beijing to appeal to the government for the right to practice Falun Gong and was arrested and sentenced to four years in prison. In the Liaozhong County Prison, he was persecuted almost to death before being released on August 8, 2003. He died eleven days later on August 19. 

Mr. Han Qingcai before his death 

On evening of December 7, 2001, nine practitioners in Liaozhong County took the train to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. They were surrounded by the police midway to Beijing and were taken to the county public security office. Mr. Han and other practitioners were able to get away, but his wife, Ms. Liu Yuying, and others were taken to the Shenxing Brainwashing Center. 

Police officer Qin Mengzhi and several dozen officers from the Liaozhong Public Security Division broke into Mr. Han’s home and ransacked it. They broke the lock on the door to get in and turned everything upside down. When they couldn’t find Mr. Han, they went to harass his eldest son, Mr. Han Cheng, in an attempt to force him to tell them the whereabouts of his father. When Han Cheng did not tell them where his father was, the police threatened him, causing great mental distress, and he died on March 28, 2007. The police went to the home of Han Qingcai’s relative in the countryside to look for him. They searched without providing any legal documents. The police even claimed that they were friends of Mr. Han. 

The police kept surveillance on Han Qingcai’s home and monitored the family’s phone. His relatives and friends were implicated. After ten days, the police captured Mr. Han and took him to the Shenxing Brainwashing Center that very evening. The guards ordered other prisoners to watch him. They searched him thoroughly and kept him under surveillance even when he ate, slept, or used the bathroom. In order to force him and his wife to give up practicing Falun Gong, they sent them to the Zhangshi Correctional Center to brainwash them. They were forced to pay four hundred yuan per day in living expenses. The guards tortured the practitioners by depriving them of sleep for days and nights at a time. Nevertheless, they were unable to shake the couple’s confidence and determination to practice. After two months, they were released, only after paying five thousand yuan in cash each. 

But the persecution did not stop. Just two months after they returned home, police officer Wei Yunbai and several others arrested Mr. Han on the evening of April 6, 2002, and took him to the Liaozhong County Detention Center without a warrant. They deprived him of any personal freedom and denied him family visits. Mr. Han was then sentenced to four years in prison at the end of June 2002. He was also dismissed from public employment. 

Later, the Liaozhong Detention Center called his family to tell them that Mr Han wasn’t eating, and his health had become very poor. When his family saw him, they were shocked. He was very weak and pale, spoke feebly, and was barely able to walk. They couldn’t even bear to look at him. At that time, two judges arrived and said angrily, “Han Qingcai has a bad attitude, and he has been sentenced to four years in prison.” After examining him in a hospital, the doctor in charge wanted to keep him in the hospital, but detention center officials opposed his decision. They finally agreed only after some persuasion from the hospital, but he had to report to the detention center every day. They sent two police officers to take turns watching him. Under such conditions, Mr. Han’s health worsened and, after just one month, he couldn’t even get out of bed. Even so, the authorities did not let up on the persecution. Only when they saw that he was dying did they let him go home. A few days later, Mr. Han Qingcai passed away at home on August 19, 2003. 

This good person, who insisted on upholding the truth and cultivating Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, was persecuted to death by the CCP. 

Chinese version available

Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2011/2/10/123173.html


Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.

To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.

For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.


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【明慧网】辽中县公安干部韩庆财被迫害离世经过(图)


一个活生生的人,为了坚持真理,为了做修炼“真、善、忍”的好人,为了坚定自己的信仰,就这样被中共迫害离开了人世。

【明慧网二零一一年一月三十日】明慧网通讯员辽宁报道)六十二岁的法轮功学员韩庆财,原是辽宁省辽中县公安局政治处主任。二零零一年进京上访,被中共非法判刑,关在辽中县监狱,被迫害的奄奄一息时,才在二零零三年八月八日放回家。韩庆财回家后仅十一天,八月十九日死亡。

大法弟子韩庆财生前照片

二零零一年十二月七日夜晚,辽中县九位法轮功学员坐车去北京证实大法,在中途被早已等候在那的警察围了起来并绑架到县公安局。韩庆财和几位法轮功学员正念走出,妻子刘玉英和另外几人被劫持到沈新教养院。

辽中县公安局以秦梦植为首几个恶警不肯罢休,出动几十名警察当天家闯入韩庆财家,非法抄家,撬门压锁、东翻西找,东西扔得到处都是,房门、桌柜锁头被砸坏、连本院住户门锁都被砸坏了。他们找不着韩庆财,就围攻他的大儿子韩成,逼他说出父亲的下落,孩子不说,几个人就一起恐吓他,使孩子的身心受到极大伤害,于二零零七年三月二十八日离开了人世。他们为了找到韩庆财竟然连夜跑到远在农村的亲戚家,在没有任何手续的情况下,公然私闯民宅非法搜查,还谎称和韩庆财是朋友。

在这段日子里,韩庆财家被他们非法监控、电话被监听、亲戚朋友被株连。韩庆财在走后的十多天里,再次被非法抓捕,并被连夜送到沈新教养院。韩庆财受到其他犯人的看管,被从里到外搜身,连吃饭、睡觉、上厕所都没有自由。为了让韩庆财夫妻放弃修炼,恶警又把韩庆财夫妻送到沈阳张士教养院洗脑迫害,两个人每天四百元的生活费,实行经济迫害,白天晚上不让睡觉,从精神和肉体上折磨他们。尽管如此,他们并没有动摇修炼的信心和决心。夫妻俩二个月后被保释回家,每人被迫交了五千元的保证金。

但迫害并没有停止,就在他们回家两个月后,也就是二零零二年四月六日傍晚,恶警魏云柏(魏云柏后来因酗酒闹事被公安局开除,遭了报应。)和其他几名恶警,在没有任何手续的情况下,将韩庆财抓到辽中县看守所。在那里韩庆财完全丧失了人身自由,连家属探视的权利也被剥夺。就连说一句做好人的话,恶人们都说是反动宣传,并且扣个帽子说韩庆财带头“去北京闹事”,就这样把韩庆财非法判刑四年,并开除了公职。这就是恶警得意的所谓“一二七大案”,此案成了东街派出所所长石长彦等恶警立功受奖捞取政治资本的筹码。(就在石长彦趾高气扬之时,二零零三年秋得了胰腺癌,于二零零四年三月遭恶报死亡)。

二零零二年六月末,韩庆财被非法宣判。辽中县看守所打来电话说韩庆财不吃那里的饭,身体很不好。当家人看到他时,都惊呆了,只见韩庆财身体很虚弱,面色苍白,细细的汗珠挂在脸上,说话有气无力,走路摇摇晃晃,让人不忍看下去。这时,新民来了两个法官气哼哼的说:“韩庆财态度不好,被判了四年”。经过医院大夫检查后,主治大夫让韩庆财住院,可看守所那些恶人不同意。在医院和韩庆财的共同努力下,终于答应让住院了,可是必须得每天用车拉回看守所,并派两名警察轮流看守。在这样的监控迫害下,近一个月期间,韩庆财的身体一天不如一天,卧床不起了。尽管如此有关部门也不放过他,看守所和中法之间互相推诿,想把他送到公安医院一推了事。后来人实在不行了才把人放回家。几天后,二零零三年八月十九日,韩庆财在家中离世。

一个活生生的人,为了坚持真理,为了做修炼“真、善、忍”的好人,为了坚定自己的信仰,就这样被中共迫害离开了人世。

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English Version: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2011/2/10/123173.html

Source http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/1/30/辽中县公安干部韩庆财被迫害离世经过(图)-235501.html


朋友,您知道吗?从1992年5月开始,到2010年底为止,法轮功已经传到114多个国家,在那里人们都可以自由自在的炼功…

可是,在中国,从1999年7月20日开始,江泽民因为妒忌法轮功人数众多,对法轮功恶毒的诽谤与迫害。社会上很多人听信了共产党媒体的宣传和煽动,对法轮功产生了很深的误解与仇恨。

最为恶劣的,是在2001年1月导演了一场所谓的”自焚”闹剧,并通过新华社以从未有过的速度向全世界散播,嫁祸法轮功。这场闹剧,后被包括服务于联合国的国际教育发展组织(IED)在内的多个国际组织认定为虚假编造。朋友,您愿意把法轮功真相与更多的人分享吗?


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Sunday, July 27, 2025

[Minghui.org] Canada: Positive Changes After Practicing Falun Dafa

April 13, 2025 | By Minghui correspondents in Toronto

Hugo recalled, “It’s like big pieces would fall into place in my mind after I began reading Zhuan Falun. I understood the relationships of gain and loss, virtue and karma, as well as why it’s important to improve one’s xinxing (character). From that point on, I’ve always practiced [Falun Dafa]. Since I started practicing, I no longer suffer from depression and I stopped taking medication.”

(Minghui.org) Several Falun Dafa practitioners in Canada talked about their cultivation experiences and insights before the 26th anniversary of the April 25 appeal. They talked about the positive changes they experienced through the practice, and discussed their understanding of the peaceful appeal of April 25, 1999, when 10,000 Falun Dafa practitioners quietly petitioned the Chinese government to uphold their constitutional right to freedom of belief and practice. 

Overcoming Family Trauma

Olivia said her life turned around after reading “How Humankind Came To Be.”

Olivia grew up in Mississauga and works in landscaping and gardening. Her childhood was traumatic because of frequent disputes between her parents, who vented their anger on each other. Olivia was a shy and obedient child, and suppressed her pain. However, the long-term accumulation of negative emotions eventually caused her to become depressed, anxious, and angry.

When she was a teenager, Olivia began drinking alcohol and doing drugs to release her frustration, but to no avail. “I felt like I had no purpose or meaning in life and I felt lost and empty inside,” she recalled.

Just like her parents, Olivia frequently quarreled with her husband. She said an email changed her.

Olivia received an email in December 2023, recommending Master Li Hongzhi’s article, “How Humankind Came To Be.” This article awakened her and showed her the meaning of life. She soon started practicing Falun Dafa.

Olivia said she took sleeping pills every night but got rid of this habit after she began practicing Falun Dafa. “When I tried to stop [taking the pills], I was able to right away. I couldn’t believe it because I always thought it was impossible for me, as I thought I always needed the pills to sleep. But now I sleep better than I ever could,” she said.

Later, she found out that her husband had secretly bought cryptocurrency and lost a lot of money. She was furious, but she immediately realized that a practitioner should not get angry.

In order to calm down, Olivia went to Minghui.org to read articles by other practitioners on resolving marital conflicts. She said, “Those articles helped me feel better about the situation, and I changed my approach. I became compassionate towards him instead of being angry about his decisions and being resentful.”

When Olivia became open-minded, her husband also changed. He also restrains himself and no longer loses his temper.

Olivia also let go of her resentment towards her parents, “I harbored a lot of resentment towards my parents. But through the teachings [of Falun Dafa], I was able to learn to let go of resentment, and understand that everyone is on their own path.” She said that the entire family saw the changes in her and they encourage her to keep practicing Falun Dafa.

Reflecting on the April 25 appeal, Olivia said, “Practitioners are truly peaceful and would never attack the government. That would conflict with what Master teaches, and the practice is completely separate from politics. It’s a peaceful spiritual practice with the principles of Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. Practitioners have never retaliated with violence to any persecution they experienced, because the practice teaches people to be good and sincere.”

Performing the Lion Dance for Twelve Years

Hugo often talks to people about the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution.

Hugo is a French Canadian who lives in a remote rural town and teaches in a French school. Hugo’s family is warm and harmonious, but he suffered from depression for no apparent reason when he was a student. Medicine only temporarily relieved the symptoms. He went through a lot of pain due to the depression.

In 2007, 33-year-old Hugo talked with his aunt at a family gathering. He said to her, “I know you meditate and I’m interested in learning how.” When his aunt heard that Hugo, who had been ill for many years, wanted to meditate, she was surprised.

His aunt did not have time to teach him the Falun Dafa exercises that weekend, but she gave him the book Zhuan Falun. She told him to read the entire book.

Hugo recalled, “It’s like big pieces would fall into place in my mind after I began reading Zhuan Falun. I understood the relationships of gain and loss, virtue and karma, as well as why it’s important to improve one’s xinxing (character). From that point on, I’ve always practiced [Falun Dafa]. Since I started practicing, I no longer suffer from depression and I stopped taking medication.”

Hugo said he didn’t have a good relationship with his parents-in-law. “I was 22 years old when I got married,” he recounted. “My in-laws thought that I was naive and my marriage wouldn’t last long. They rejected me. I was not invited when the rest of the family celebrated Christmas. I felt bad. They also meddled in my life. I was a very independent, strong-minded person, and I felt I would never forgive them.”

After he began practicing Falun Dafa, Hugo became considerate of his in-laws. He said, “I listened to them and started to accept them. I told them if their words made sense, I would adjust myself. Now I have a decent relationship with them.”

Once, Hugo participated in a Falun Dafa event and saw other practitioners doing the lion dance. When he helped them out that day, a practitioner asked him if he was interested in participating. Since then, Hugo has done the lion dance for 12 years and has performed in difference communities to deliver the message of Falun Dafa.

Hugo performs the lion dance.

“During these events, we use the lion dance to let people know about Falun Dafa and expose the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party] persecution,” Hugo said. “Twenty-six years ago, the CCP harassed and arrested many practitioners in Tianjin, and 10,000 practitioners from all over the country went to Beijing to appeal. They were rational, calm, understanding and respectful, but the CCP distorted the facts and began a large-scale persecution of Falun Dafa three months later, claiming that practitioners ‘besieged’ the CCP headquarters.”

Hugo said, holding back tears, “Although the CCP committed crimes against humanity, the practitioners’ response in China and around the world has always been peaceful. Falun Dafa has shown the world that in the face of injustice, it’s reasonable to appeal and protest, while respecting others, public property and the authorities. Since the persecution began, they have persisted in demanding the basic rights of the Chinese people in the most outstanding and peaceful way, and they have not stopped.”

Empathy and Compassion While Treating Patients

Chantal, a doctor, feels that, as a practitioner, she can brings hope to desperate patients.

Chantal was born in Canada and is a chief physician who treats brain traumas at a Toronto hospital. She also owns a private clinic.

Twenty-five years ago, while at home during a break from medical school, Chantal’s mother told her about Falun Dafa. She said she learned about the practice at a health fair in Ottawa, and she and Chantal’s father had begun practicing. Chantal also started practicing.

When Chantal and her fiance were engaged, the fiancé’s father rejected her when he heard she practiced Falun Dafa, and they cancelled the engagement ceremony. But her fiance chose to support her practice, and they later married.

Chantal’s oldest daughter was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. The baby was purple due to lack of oxygen and had no signs of life. Chantal panicked, but suddenly thought of Master Li and sang, “Falun Dafa is good” and asked Master to help. Afterward, her daughter cried weakly.

Chantal and her daughters

Some of Chantal’s patients have experienced traumas, including crimes, car accidents, and family violence—and as a result, some are full of hatred and pain. She said, “I advise them to overcome their upset mentality. I comfort them and help them calm down.”

She said it’s sometimes not easy to offer hope to patients. Medical students focus on treating patients and saving people’s lives. But after practicing medicine for many years and experiencing so many patients’ pain, and even deaths, some doctors’ empathy dwindles.

She said, “Several patients told me that I changed their lives and I was the first to listen to them. They said when they told me their stories they could feel my empathy and kindness.” She explains that she has empathy and compassion because she practices Falun Dafa.

Before Chantal started practicing Falun Dafa, the CCP initiated the brutal persecution of practitioners in China. She said she admired practitioners’ courage because many Westerners saw the aftermath of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen massacre, when young students were brutally killed. On April 25, 1999, Falun Dafa practitioners held a peaceful appeal in Beijing and faced being arrested. They simply wished to have the freedom to practice their belief and not be harassed by the government. However, Jiang Zemin, the former head of the CCP who initiated the persecution, was afraid of the appeal and launched the persecution, now entering its 26th year. Chantal said she hopes that more people will come to know the true nature of the CCP.

Background

On April 23 & 24, 1999, police officials in Tianjin, a city near Beijing, assaulted and arrested dozens of Falun Gong practitioners who had gathered outside a magazine office to discuss errors in a recently-published article attacking Falun Gong. As word spread of the arrests and more Falun Gong practitioners inquired with officials, they were told they had to take their appeals to Beijing. The following day, April 25, some 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners spontaneously gathered at the central appeals office in Beijing, as they had been instructed by Tianjin officials. The gathering was peaceful and orderly. Several Falun Gong representatives were called in to meet with Chinese Premier, Zhu Rongji, and members of his staff. That evening, the concerns of Falun Gong practitioners were met, the arrested practitioners in Tianjin were released and everyone went home.

According to several sources within the Chinese government, in the months following the April 25th gathering, a fierce political struggle ensued within the top levels of the CCP brass. Then-CCP head Jiang Zemin called upon the government to “crush” Falun Gong, while other members of the Politburo saw no threat in the practice. CNN’s senior analyst Willy Lam quoted senior officials saying the suppression of Falun Gong became very “personal” for Jiang Zemin. In July, Jiang formally ordered the suppression of Falun Gong. The April 25th gathering was quickly re-characterized not as the peaceful appeal it was, and one that, in fact, was coordinated by Tianjin and Beijing officials themselves who told practitioners to go to the Beijing appeals office, but rather as a “laying siege” to the central government compound and clear “evidence” as to how Falun Gong is a threat. 

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Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/4/13/226213.html


Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.

To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.

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