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(Chinese) Officials ask U.S. cities to snub sect
The Washington Times ^ | April 8, 2002 | Steve Park

Posted on 04/08/2002 6:02:45 AM PDT by Tai_Chung

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:52:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Chinese officials are conducting a nationwide campaign in the United States against the Falun Gong meditation sect by contacting mayors, and at least one governor, and urging them to snub the group.

"I was shocked that a communist nation would go to this amount of trouble to suppress what is routinely accepted in this country," said Randy Voepel, mayor of Santee, Calif., a city of 53,000 located less than 100 miles from Los Angeles.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; freedom

1 posted on 04/08/2002 6:02:45 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Tai_Chung
Hey ChiComs: F*** You!!!
2 posted on 04/08/2002 6:19:59 AM PDT by Momaw Nadon
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To: Tai_Chung
A government that feels threatened by a meditation group has to be really shaky. Does anyone know of any more substantial threat Falun Gong presents to Beijing?

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit The Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com

3 posted on 04/08/2002 6:37:09 AM PDT by fporretto
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