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Falun Gong and the Future of China Ownby, David (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, University of Monreal, Canada)
Falun Gong and the Future of China
Ownby, David (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, University of Monreal, Canada)
On April 25, 1999, ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside Zhongnanhai, the guarded compound where China's highest leaders live and work, in a day-long peaceful protest of police brutality against fellow practitioners in the neighboring city of Tianjin. Stunned and surprised, China's leaders launched a campaign of brutal suppression against the group which continues to this day. This book, written by a leading scholar of the history of this Chinesepopular religion, is the first to offer a full explanation of what Falun Gong is and where it came from, placing the group in the broader context of the modern history of Chinese religion as well as the particular context of post-Mao China.
306 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 27, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199738533 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 233 × 155 × 20 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |