| Today, the Falun Gong is deeply enmeshed in a propaganda war with Beijing. |
| The activities of Falun Gong are also reportedly banned in a number of towns in the north-east. |
| To all but the ruling oligarchy in China, Falun Gong looks like any other of countless sects and groups, benign and unthreatening. |
| Falun Gong is a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and meditation and breathing exercises. |
| Mr. Allmand called on China to release all Falun Gong detainees and lift the ban against the organization. |
| Harsh sentences have been handed down to Falun Gong practitioners, who were exercising their right to freedom of worship. |
