The "Falun" Websites Dare Not Give True Information

By Zhen Yan

Earlier on, Li Hongzhi and his followers were very proud of themselves. Their websites gave numerous items of information, such as ``Li Hongzhi Day or Li Hongzhi Week is to be celebrated.'' The contents of such information were all advantageous to ``Falun Gong,'' even if they were full of loopholes or extolled themselves to the skies. However, none of the websites has reported that ``Li Hongzhi Day'' was abolished in several American cities a few weeks ago.

China and the United States have reached an agreement on China's accession to the WTO, which has been favorably received by most countries. The Chinese government decided to send a delegation to the WTO Conference in Seattle in the United States. It was a happy event for all Chinese. However, taking this opportunity to attack the Chinese government, Li Hongzhi and the ``Falun Gong'' organization petitioned the 160-odd high officials from various countries during the conference, obstructing its proceedings. They also held meetings and activities to promote ``Falun Gong'' before the conference started, and tricked the mayor of Seattle into signing and issuing the decision to observe ``Li Hongzhi Week.'' The ``Falun'' websites played this up, believing that they had the game in their hands. However, when the mayor cancelled ``Li Hongzhi Week'' after learning the truth about ``Falun Gong,'' they fell silent.

I tried in vain to find this news on several Chinese and English ``Falun'' websites, such as ``Falun News,'' ``Falun Dafa,'' ``Minghui,'' ``Jianzheng,'' ``Yuanming'' and ``Buhuo Information Network.'' They were playing the trick of ``reporting only what is good while concealing what is unpleasant.'' So, how can their information be trusted?

(Compiled by New Star Publishers, Dec., 1999)