NEW YORK—Twenty four years ago, thousands of Chinese citizens gathered outside of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party’s headquarters at the heart of Beijing.
They were Falun Gong practitioners, and 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 launch an all-out persecution campaign against the spiritual practice.
This Sunday in Flushing, New York, about four thousand took part in a parade to remember the historic appeal at Zhongnanhai, and call for an end to the CCP’s ongoing persecution of Falun Gong….