Talk:Persecution of Falun Gong

Semi-protected edit request on 13 February 2023

The introduction needs to state the Chinese gov allegations. Other qigong and taichi groups, or Buddhism etc weren't banned in China despite they are spiritual practices and mass popular religions too. The Chinese government narrowly called Falun Gong as a cult. It was their official reasoning why they banned it and their reasoning why they put Falun Gong people but not normal Buddhists in re-education camps.

Add this sentence in after the second paragraph in introduction chapter:

The Chinese government alleged that Falun Gong was an 'evil cult'" or "'heretical sect'" and used that official rationale to justify to "educate and transform" Falun Gong practitioners in re-education camps to remove their beliefs in Falun Gong in order to eliminate the movement.

Cite Sources for the above statement.

https://www.refworld.org/docid/563c6fb94.html

https://www.hrw.org/news/1999/11/09/china-uses-rule-law-justify-falun-gong-crackdown

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2001/08/the-gong-show.html ArrowSake (talk) 02:19, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Lightoil (talk) 02:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lightoil: The information is well sourced and true. I don't think anyone could seriously say the above is false. Nor can anyone seriously argue that it irrelevant or insignificant. Consensus should be for things like when you are unsure of the facts or unsure if it's noteworthy. Considering the topic is persecution of Falun gong, this meets noteworthiness criteria easily and is undeniably true and well sourced. The only possible reason I can think of on why anyone wouldn't want that shown, is because they're uncomfortable with the fact that the Chinese allegations are not unwarranted at all. I find difficult to believe there's a valid reason why people need to continue to be put in the dark, as it's not untrue nor is it insignificant, but is very relevant to the topic. ArrowSake (talk) 10:40, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArrowSake: I am reopening the reply so another editor may want complete it. I am not doing so as Falun Gong is under WP:GS so I am just being cautious. Lightoil (talk) 11:58, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

And I am putting it on myself and you can feel free to give an actual reason why people should be in the dark. Which I very much find difficult to believe there's ever a valid reason. Who can argue that such information is irrelevant or untrue? ArrowSake (talk) 10:42, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lightoil:As I said before, I already added the edit in after you closed this request. Though I now shortened it to; (The Chinese government alleged that Falun Gong was an 'evil cult'" or "'heretical sect'" and used that official rationale to justify to ban and eliminate the movement." If people have issues with that, they are free to revert and discuss on talk. But it seems REDUNDANT to open this request when I am an auto-comfirmed user who already added that in. If you, yourself have issues with that. I would appreciate if you could respond and give your real reasoning why it must be censored. As I am genuinely confused on what part of that edit, is false, unsourced or insignificant.ArrowSake (talk) 07:19, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Noakes and Ford

I saw that their book is cited as a source but the part that talks about requiring a "certificate" stating that you are not part of Falun Gong to be enrolled in a post-secondary education is straight up false. 2804:7F7:A08A:7035:51D4:7672:9659:6CDB (talk) 20:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

This page should be reevaluated

Many of the sections use heavily biased sources, often sponsored by Falun Gong. Also, many anti-Falun Gong edits are removed, when they have good citations, causing me to think that this page is being protected by Falun Gong members. StOctavius (talk) 15:37, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Incorrect link for critical citation

The central claim "the CCP launched a campaign to 'eradicate' Falun Gong" cites Spiegel 2002 (listed in the Further reading section). But this citation currently links the completely unrelated From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemala Labor Force (ISBN 1-56432-269-6). It should instead have this link for Dangerous Meditation: China's Campaign Against Falungong (ISBN 1-56432-270-X). ~2026-60450-3 (talk) 04:56, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for flagging it. Corrected. Path2space (talk) 19:12, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

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