In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith.
But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding their 8-month-old son, the 68-year-old Meng Zhaohong began quietly wiping her eyes. The photo shows the couple beaming and wearing bright yellow outfits during a celebration of World Falun Dafa Day, the day marking the public introduction of their spiritual practice, Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong….