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Charged, arrested, and jailed for "disruption of social orders" by chatting with friends in a private home? This may require a stretch of imagination for Americans to comprehend, but it happened to me: I was jailed in Shenzhen, China for 13 days, slept on cement floor, and was forced to assemble head-brushes for exporting to the US, all because I am a Falun Gong practitioner.
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SAN DIEGO, Dec 22 (AFP) - A Scripps Research Institute scientist with ties to a banned meditation movement is being detained in China and, because she is not a US citizen, is being denied access to American officials, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Wednesday
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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