Twenty-four years ago, thousands of Chinese citizens gathered outside
of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) headquarters in
the heart of Beijing. They were Falun Gong practitioners, and they were there to peacefully
call on the communist regime to end the harassment and suppression of
their peers by local authorities. Less than three months later, the
regime would start an all-out persecution campaign against the spiritual
practice. On April 23, in the Flushing neighborhood of New York, about 4,000
people took part in a march to remember the historic appeal at
Zhongnanhai on April 25, 1999, and to call for an end to the CCP’s
ongoing persecution of Falun Gong.One participant was Elsie He, a New York resident in her 40s. She was one of those who gathered in Beijing 24 years before. Looking back, she saw her role as akin to witnessing history..........To Read More...
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