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By the end of 2000, a year and a half after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the suppression of [[Falun Gong]], the campaign had failed to garner support among many of the CCP's rank and file. Then-CCP leader [[Jiang Zemin]] had toured southern provinces earlier in 2000 hoping to shore up more support for the campaign among local leaders. Meanwhile, public support for the campaign more broadly had waned. On January 23, 2001, five individuals allegedly set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square. The entire scene was caught on camera from multiple angles. Beginning just hours after the event, state-controlled media was flooded with reports that the self-immolators were Falun Gong practitioners. These reports included grisly footage of the victims, portraying Falun Gong teachings as directly responsible for the tragedy. | By the end of 2000, a year and a half after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the suppression of [[Falun Gong]], the campaign had failed to garner support among many of the CCP's rank and file. Then-CCP leader [[Jiang Zemin]] had toured southern provinces earlier in 2000 hoping to shore up more support for the campaign among local leaders. Meanwhile, public support for the campaign more broadly had waned. On January 23, 2001, five individuals allegedly set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square. The entire scene was caught on camera from multiple angles. Beginning just hours after the event, state-controlled media was flooded with reports that the self-immolators were Falun Gong practitioners. These reports included grisly footage of the victims, portraying Falun Gong teachings as directly responsible for the tragedy. | ||
Revision as of 16:41, August 9, 2021
Tiananmen Square (Simplified: 天安门广场; Traditional: 天安門廣場; Meaning: "Gate of Heavenly Peace") is a large plaza in Beijing, found to the south of the Forbidden City. It was built during the Ming Dynasty, at the same time as the Forbidden City.
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Sites Near the Square
- Great Hall of the People
- Forbidden City
- Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
- Monument to the People's Heroes
- National Museum of China
Historical Events
Tiananmen Square was the site of many significant events in China's history.
May Fourth Movement
See the article May Fourth Movement
Tiananmen Square massacre
See the article Tiananmen Square massacre
Self-Immolation Hoax on Tiananmen Square
See the article Falun_Gong#Persecution
By the end of 2000, a year and a half after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the suppression of Falun Gong, the campaign had failed to garner support among many of the CCP's rank and file. Then-CCP leader Jiang Zemin had toured southern provinces earlier in 2000 hoping to shore up more support for the campaign among local leaders. Meanwhile, public support for the campaign more broadly had waned. On January 23, 2001, five individuals allegedly set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square. The entire scene was caught on camera from multiple angles. Beginning just hours after the event, state-controlled media was flooded with reports that the self-immolators were Falun Gong practitioners. These reports included grisly footage of the victims, portraying Falun Gong teachings as directly responsible for the tragedy.
In the weeks following the event, a wealth of evidence, including a Washington Post article finding that two of the self-immolators never practiced Falun Gong,[1] uncovered that the entire incident was staged. Other evidence surfaced by journalists and international observers indicated that CCP officils had advance knowledge of the self-immolation. Yet, while people inside China had no access to this information, the Chinese state-run media continued a campaign to portray the "self-immolators" as Falun Gong "cultists." People across China changed from respecting and sympathizing with Falun Gong to becoming infuriated with and attacking the practice. Hate crimes targeting Falun Gong practitioners increased and the CCP escalated its persecution with increased arrests, torture, killing, and forced organ harvesting.
With 70-100 million practicing Falun Gong in China, by 1999 the traditional discipline was largely a household name and respected. The staged "self-immolation," however, now remains the single most influential factor in garnering disgust or hatred toward Falun Gong among the Chinese people. The resulting apathy or hostility toward Falun Gong in China facilitated the regime's attempt to eradicate the practice.[2]
References
- ↑ Philip P. Pan. "Human Fire Ignites Chinese Mystery", 4 February 2001.
- ↑ https://en.minghui.org/cc/88/
