Issued by Clearwisdom Net

The 2005 UK Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held in Oxford on August 27, 2005.

Solemn experience sharing conference

The arrangement in the conference hall was solemn and simple. Many Falun Gong practitioners shared their understandings and experiences of practice from different angles.

Two new practitioners talked about their experience of starting to practice Falun Gong. They mentioned how they overcame their shyness and joined activities to help more people to get to know the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong.

Western practitioner Natalia shared her experience of starting to practise Falun Gong in the UK, and then how she promoted Falun Gong in her home country of Argentina. Among other things, she talked about her experience of taking part in anti-torture exhibitions and other activities to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong to the public.

Other practitioners shared their experiences of trying to help the Chinese people learn the facts about Falun Gong, and of purging the propaganda of the evil CCP from people's minds, as well as how they coordinated with each other in intricate environments with righteous thoughts and righteous actions.

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu said that through sharing at conferences like this one, practitioners learned from each other how to do better as individuals, as well as one body. It is also very effective in letting the local people learn about Falun Gong.

Practitioner Mr. You said that with the practitioners' tireless efforts to clarify the facts of the persecution, more and more Chinese people have seen the truth and thus secured a bright future by taking a positive attitude towards Falun Gong.

The experience sharing conference was successfully concluded at 5:00pm.

The UK Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference has been held annually since 1999. This conference was the seventh one.

On March 7, 2005, Mr. Jiang Renzheng, his wife and two children were deported back to China from Germany after his refugee application was turned down. One month later, Jiang was sent to a forced labor camp by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Bavarian State Government is currently discussing establishing a committee to deal with emergency affairs so that tragedies of this kind won't happen again. Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Germany Press) carried a report on this issue on August 9, 2005. Below is a summary of the report:

Jiang Renzheng, 29 years old, is being persecuted. Mr. Jiang is a Falun Gong practitioner, and Falun Gong is currently being persecuted in China.

Due to her fear of China's State Security Bureau, Jiang's wife has gone into hiding. Their two toddler children are left in the care of their grandparents. The Bavarian State's Ministry of Domestic Affairs admitted that it was very unfortunate that such a tragedy had happened. The Green Party urged the Bavarian State to follow the example of other States to set up a committee to deal with emergency affairs to avoid a repeat of this kind of tragedy.

As everyone knows, Falun Gong practitioners have been subjected to persecution in China. However, the German Judiciary still believes that only those who have made public appeals for Falun Gong could be persecuted by the Chinese authorities. Ms Tang who keeps in contact with Mr. Jiang's family said, "This case can be considered unprecedented in Europe."

At first, Mr. Jiang and his family were not trusted by the German Government agencies because they started practising Falun Gong shortly after they had sought asylum. But the Falun Gong practitioners who support them never believed that they pretended to be Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong is a group developing quickly in Eastern Asia.

Undoubtedly, China's State Security Bureau regards Mr. Jiang as a Falun Gong practitioner. Ms Tang said that Mr. Jiang is undergoing terrible mental transforming in Benxi Labour Camp in Liaoning province. "This is forcible brainwashing," she said. Physical torture such as extended squatting and sleep deprivation are used to facilitate "brainwashing;" Falun Gong practitioners are forced to sign documents known as "repentance statements" and to watch slanderous video tapes; even cell inmates are used to torture Falun Gong practitioners, Ms Tang was cited as saying. "His parents are also under threat," said Ms Tang. Her description is consistent with human rights groups' reports of the torture methods used in China's labour camps.

Based on reports from several organizations, the Chinese government has set up a spy network in Germany. Falun Gong practitioners together with overseas students, Tibetan and Ughur dissidents are being monitored and spied on just like the Taiwanese organisations.

The Green Party believes that with the help of a committee to deal with emergency affairs, a tragedy like this can be avoided. "A moral decision rather a political one should have been made," said MP Maria Scharfenberg. "Fourteen States have already set up this kind of committee." Concerning this point, spokesperson Ziegler for the Bavarian State's Ministry of Domestic Affairs said, "First we have to examine the experiences of other states."

Mr. Jiang is still being imprisoned in a cell of three inmates. The federal government has negotiated this case with Beijing, but no favourable result has been brought about.

The exhibit, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition--Speaking of Things of Heaven and Earth" was held on August 27, 2005 at the Zhenlan Palace Cultural Relics Museum in Tachia, Taichung County. The art exhibition will last for two weeks until September 10th. Through the medium of art, the artists, all of whom are Falun Gong practitioners, exposed the brutal persecution of Falun Gong happening in Mainland China and showed the uncompromising courage and noble character of these practitioners who believe in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The artists hope that more people, by viewing the art, can learn about the facts of Falun Gong and pay attention to and help end the persecution as soon as possible.

Distinguished guests attend tea party at opening ceremony

Among those attending the tea party at the opening ceremony were the following distinguished guests: Chiu Tai-san, former deputy minister of Mainland Affairs Council of Executive Yuan, Huang Pei-yi, chief executive officer of Banxian Culture Foundation, Huang Wen-hong, oldest son of the head of Taichung County Huang Jhong-sheng, Tiachung County Councillors Yang Yong-chang and Lin Su-zhen, Tachia Town people's representatives Yi Jin-long and Ji Zi-da, Village Head of Fenghua Village, Tachia Town, Bai Jian-fa, and Township Head of Waibu Township, Huang Ri-sheng, Township representative Liu Chen-wen, assistant to legislator Cai Qi-chang, and Daan Primary School Principal Yang Shuming and Parents' Council of the Daan Primary School Chen Ming-yu.

Professor Chang Ching-hsi from the Falun Dafa Association expressed that there are three aims for holding the Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition: Through these outstanding artists' paintings, practitioners hoped to introduce beautiful and righteous art to the people in Taiwan. They also wished to demonstrate Falun Gong's purity and peacefulness to the public through their personal experiences and understanding of life. Finally, the exhibition exposes the brutal persecution of Falun Gong happening in Mainland China.

Chiu Tai-san, former deputy minister of Mainland Affairs Council of Executive Yuan, expressed in his speech that he already had a considerable understanding of Falun Gong. Falun Gong is conducive to people's good health both physically and mentally. That the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has even conducted such an inhumane suppression of innocent and kind Falun Gong practitioners is an absurd act, intolerable for people living in free world. He is very supportive of Falun Gong practitioners' firm resolve in resisting the evil. Expressing their belief by means of paintings is better than ten thousand words. Chiu Tai-san stated that the art exhibition is also inspiring to children. They can learn how to join everyone's strength together to suppress the evil in a peaceful manner. He wished the art exhibition much success, and hoped that the "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" of Falun Gong can continue to spread worldwide.

Guest makes a speech to congratulate the exhibition

Presenting an art exhibition album to a guest

Huang Pei-yi, chief executive officer of Banxian Culture Foundation, expressed in her speech that from the relationship between the arts and social issues, many artistic works aimed to make the living environment even more beautiful. From the standpoint of artists, this Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance art exhibition held something special; that is, these artistic creations both reflected things happening in reality and embodied many upright values in life. So she felt that the art exhibition had great social significance.

Township representative Liu Chen-wen also expressed that he had read books written by the founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Hongzhi, and also told his daughter that if we put Mr. Li's teachings into practice in our daily life, we will become genuinely good people. On the special occasion of the opening ceremony of the art exhibition, he all the more felt the preciousness of freedom of belief. In Taiwan, anybody can do the Falun Gong exercises freely at schools or in public places, just like the exercise demonstration held on Zhenlan Palace Square. Liu Chen-wen highly commended the Falun Gong practitioners' dedication and commitment, for the sake of people's physical and mental well-being and for educating the next generation. These practitioners are spreading such a good meditation practice for true health of mind and body, which is truly a life goal that everybody hopes to pursue.

People read informational material at the entrance to the art exhibition

Visitors listen to a guide's explanation of the art works' contents

A woman viewed all the paintings and then said that she had learned about the exhibition from the Internet. She felt the art exhibition was very good, in that besides telling people about the persecution facts, these works also demonstrated outstanding artistic talents. She specifically mentioned the Gongbi paintings (traditional Chinese realistic painting). They are marvelous masterpieces no matter how one appreciates them, either from the purely artistic conception or the content.

Another woman happily told the reporter that she had a pure and serene feeling while viewing these paintings. She felt at a loss on how to describe it. As a whole, the art exhibition made people feel very comfortable, and the feeling was so good that some had a desire to learn Falun Gong immediately.

Visitors attentively appreciate the paintings

Visitors viewed the paintings

Several older men and women said that the paintings are so vivid and lifelike, and some are so touching that one could not help shedding tears. At the same time, the paintings expressed clear and inspiring content. They felt that the torture methods used by Jiang Zemin's regime and the Chinese Communist Party showed how inhumane and vicious the persecution is.

A young middle school student said that he knows why the CCP persecutes good people, because the CCP is afraid of anything that they feel is likely to threaten it. Even though Falun Gong is a good meditation practice that teaches people to be good, and it has no interest in politics and political power, they would still frenziedly persecute it; this is the nature of the CCP.

Another student looked at all the paintings. When he learned that the paintings were the creation of practitioner artists, he marveled at their skill. He also expressed that the paintings depicting the brutal torture methods used on practitioners shook him to the core. For example, the scene of the torturer burning a practitioner with a lighted cigarette butt is lifelike, and one can truly feel how very painful this torture is.

Each painting is a touching story

Visitors are moved

A father who brought the whole family viewed the paintings and expressed that speaking from the viewpoint of freedom of belief, the CCP authorities' act of persecuting innocent people is too inhumane. Once everyone knows the truth, people will definitely stand up against the authorities' deception and lies. The importance of freedom and human rights is known to all people. As for the artistic works themselves, he said they were painted done well.

A practitioner who was one of coordinators of the art exhibition said that this exhibition is different from ordinary art exhibitions. It expressed Falun Gong's peacefulness, purity and righteousness. He hoped that everyone could make the best use of the next two weeks to come to appreciate the paintings. He had received many visitors who traveled from other places specifically for the exhibition, which affirmed all the more the significance and magnificence of the art exhibition.