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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'^[1]. Since then, Falun Gong has evolved into a far-right institution 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]

Media institutions

The Epoch Times, which generally promotes far-right politics
China Uncensored
New Tang Dynasty Television
Shen Yun

References

↑ Jiang Zemin on the "Three Represents" (2002) pg. 164 [1]
↑ 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)

[1] Jiang Zemin on the "Three Represents" (2002) pg. 164 [1]

[2] 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)

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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~~ ''Jiang Zemin on the "Three Represents"'' pg. 164 [https://archive.org/details/JiangZeminThreeRepresents/page/n209/mode/2up]</ref>. Since then, Falun Gong has evolved into a far-right institution armed with an extensive anti-communist media apparatus including ''The Epoch Times''.		'''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 institution armed with an extensive anti-communist media apparatus including ''The Epoch Times''.

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