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July 2024
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China’s Persecution of Falun Gong at 25 Years

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China’s Persecution of Falun Gong at 25 Years

Past Event
Hudson Institute
July 17, 2024
A Falun Gong demonstrator sits in a cage in London, United Kingdom, on July 18, 2021, during the protest against the Chinese government's persecution. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A Falun Gong demonstrator sits in a cage in London, United Kingdom, on July 18, 2021, during the protest against the Chinese government's persecution. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
17
July 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: [email protected]

Speakers:
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Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

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Dr. Larry Liu

Deputy Director, Falun Dafa Information Center

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Sarah Cook

Independent researcher and author of Freedom House’s report The Battle for China’s Spirit

Simon Zhang
Simon Zhang

New York City architect and son of a woman tortured to death in China

Levi browde
Levi Browde

Executive Director, Falun Dafa Information Center

Chen ying
Ying Chen

Conductor, Shen Yun Performing Arts

Moderator:
Nina Shea
Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Cynthia sun
Cynthia Sun

Researcher, Falun Dafa Information Center

Listen to Event Audio

In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party launched one of the most severe acts of religious persecution since the Cultural Revolution—a violent campaign to wipe out Falun Gong, an indigenous spiritual group with tens of millions of Chinese practitioners. Twenty-five years later, this CCP campaign continues with large-scale imprisonments inside China as well as systematic propaganda and harassment in the United States.

Beyond the horrific toll on the Falun Gong community, the CCP’s relentless repression campaign has had wide-ranging repercussions for China and the world. Executing the campaign has sharpened the CCP’s security apparatus, served as a blueprint for repressing other designated enemies, and honed the party’s ability to influence Western media.

Join Hudson Institute as expert panels take stock of the Falun Gong crackdown over the past quarter of a century.

Agenda

Opening Remarks

Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute

Keynote Address

Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director, China Center, Hudson Institute

Panel 1: The Modes of CCP Persecution and Effective US Policy Responses

This panel will discuss the current state of repression, surveillance, and persecution of Falun Gong in China, transnational repression against the group abroad, and recommended US policies to counter the CCP’s campaign.

  • Dr. Larry Liu, Deputy Director, Falun Dafa Information Center
  • Sarah Cook, Independent researcher and author of Freedom House’s report The Battle for China’s Spirit
  • Simon Zhang, New York City architect and son of a woman tortured to death in China

Moderator

  • Cynthia Sun, Researcher, Falun Dafa Information Center

Panel 2: Propaganda, Disinformation, and Foreign Influence

This panel will discuss the CCP’s evolving mechanisms for spreading propaganda narratives to influence foreign media and how this has affected the Falun Gong diaspora and the American public.

  • Levi Browde, Executive Director, Falun Dafa Information Center
  • Ying Chen, Conductor, Shen Yun Performing Arts

Moderator

  • Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute
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