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'''Falun Gong''' is a [[Reactionary]] religious movement founded by [[Li Hongzhi]] in the early 1990's. It was banned in the [[People's Republic of China]] since 1999 by Jiang Zemin, who considers the movement to be a feudal superstition fundamentally incompatible with the materialist philosophies of Marxism and an 'absurd fallacy'<ref>''Jiang Zemin on the "Three Represents"'' (2002) pg. 164 [https://archive.org/details/JiangZeminThreeRepresents/page/n209/mode/2up]</ref>. Since then, Falun Gong has evolved into a far-right | '''Falun Gong''' is a [[Reactionary]] religious movement founded by [[Li Hongzhi]] in the early 1990's. It was banned in the [[People's Republic of China]] since 1999 by Jiang Zemin, who considers the movement to be a feudal superstition fundamentally incompatible with the materialist philosophies of Marxism and an 'absurd fallacy'<ref>''Jiang Zemin on the "Three Represents"'' (2002) pg. 164 [https://archive.org/details/JiangZeminThreeRepresents/page/n209/mode/2up]</ref>. Since then, Falun Gong has evolved into a far-right movement armed with an extensive anti-communist media apparatus including ''The Epoch Times''. | ||
== Beliefs == | == Beliefs == | ||
Falun Gong is an [[Idealism|idealist]] philosophy with moralistic themes that gives it a reactionary character. Li Hongzhi is known to hold views against [[LGBT|homosexuality]], miscengenation, and modern technology such as computers.<ref> David A. Palmer (13 August 2013) ''Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China.'' Columbia University Press. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-0-231-51170-4. (Retrieved 25 December 2020)</ref> | Falun Gong is an [[Idealism|idealist]] philosophy with moralistic themes that gives it a reactionary character. Li Hongzhi is known to hold views against [[LGBT|homosexuality]], miscengenation, and modern technology such as computers.<ref> David A. Palmer (13 August 2013) ''Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China.'' Columbia University Press. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-0-231-51170-4. (Retrieved 25 December 2020)</ref> Practitioners believe their meditation exercises have material health benefits. | ||
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=== Organ harvesting === | |||
== Media institutions == | == Media institutions == | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 26 December 2020
Falun Gong is a Reactionary religious movement founded by Li Hongzhi in the early 1990's. It was banned in the People's Republic of China since 1999 by Jiang Zemin, who considers the movement to be a feudal superstition fundamentally incompatible with the materialist philosophies of Marxism and an 'absurd fallacy'[1]. Since then, Falun Gong has evolved into a far-right movement armed with an extensive anti-communist media apparatus including The Epoch Times.
Beliefs
Falun Gong is an idealist philosophy with moralistic themes that gives it a reactionary character. Li Hongzhi is known to hold views against homosexuality, miscengenation, and modern technology such as computers.[2] Practitioners believe their meditation exercises have material health benefits.
History
Misinformation
Organ harvesting
Media institutions
- The Epoch Times, which generally promotes far-right politics
- China Uncensored
- New Tang Dynasty Television
- Shen Yun