Summary of Other Articles and News - 04/15/2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

Comments on Current Events

The following is an excerpt from the article "A Trade with No Possible Bargain."

With regard to the case against Jiang, the Chinese government expressed to the U.S. through diplomatic channels that they would "sacrifice anything in order to end the lawsuit." We do not know whether Jiang's "sacrifice anything" is meant as a threat or a tempting deal. If it's a threat, what could they possibly do to effectively threaten the United States? Stop foreign relations? Jiang does not dare and even if he did, he does not have the ability to so. What could Jiang use to bribe the United States? What would he use to make good on his promises? Mussolini mistook a soldier who was coming to rescue him as someone coming to execute him, and promised the soldier an empire to rule. If Jiang is offering a prize, probably it is the same kind of bounced check. No matter what Jiang would use as his payment in the trade, his threats and bribes are absolutely unacceptable and invalid. Throughout history, there was Hitler's suicide, and Mussolini's dead body exposed under the sun. Their destinies have revealed to us that no matter what price dictators are willing to pay in their final days, their ultimate demises are all shameful.

Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions

The following is an excerpt from the article "Use Righteous Thoughts to Resist Persecution, Walk Out of the Wanjia Labor Camp in a Dignified Manner."

In January 2001, my employer and the Hedong Police Substation unjustly sentenced me to one year of labor camp, because I absolutely refused to write guarantee papers [guaranteeing to stop practicing Falun Gong]. They sent me to the Wanjia labor camp. I endured a great deal of mental and physical torture there, including force-feeding, and being locked in a small cell [A practitioner is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff a practitioner on his back in a fixed position, in which the practitioner can neither move nor lie down. Usually the small cell is very damp and cutoff from sunlight. Practitioners have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served each day. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is often difficult for practitioners to breathe], and I grew scabies all over my body. I am a cultivator, so I definitely study the Fa and do the exercise no matter where I am, including in the labor camp. Thus, they tied my hands to the doors. The evil has used up all their means in persecuting us, trying unsuccessfully to destroy our faith and reach their goal of stopping us from practicing. I took the Fa as my Teacher every moment, and remained unmoved no matter how they persecuted me. I walked out of that labor camp in January 2002.

The following is an excerpt from the article "Only If We Refuse to Cooperate with the Evil, Can We Walk out of the Tribulations."

I was arrested when I went to some fellow practitioners' house. Police also arrested two other practitioners. One of them was an old lady, who refused to answer any questions, and she was released in two days. The other one answered all the questions the police asked, and was sent to a labor camp. I refused to answer any questions, and went on hunger strike. I was sentenced to seven years in prison. I was sent to Dabei Prison. I absolutely would not wear the prisoner's uniform. The police could not do anything to me, even the male prisoners gave me thumbs up with admiration. After twelve days of hunger strike, I almost died. They had to release me. Only if we use righteous thoughts and righteous actions, can we negate the old force's arrangements, and walk out of the tribulations.

The Truth and Peoples' Hearts

I am a construction worker. I disciplined myself according to Falun Dafa after I obtained the Fa in 1997. Once some one gave me an extra 500 Yuan [one month of average salary] after the bricklaying job I did. I gave the extra money back. In 2000, I was riding my bike across a bridge, when a small vehicle made a turn, violating a traffic law, and bumped me and my bike and I fell down together. I got up and let him go. Upon arriving at the construction site, my employer and supervisor all said I should have had that driver pay me. I thought, I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, I should think of others first.

Facts of the Persecution

The police in the Beijing Women's Labor Camp beat and force Falun Dafa practitioners to give up practicing. They put solid Falun Dafa practitioners in isolation, prohibit them from sleeping, force them to squat for long periods of time, force them to stand in an "army corps posture" [Practitioners are left exposed under the scorching sun. Their feet are planted on the fiery ground. The skin on their faces peel off from sunburn. Practitioners are also forced to sit on the ground. Their buttocks are covered with sores from sitting for a long time], not allowed to sit, and only given corn bread [made from cornmeal and water] to eat.

News and Activities around the World

During a Sunday group Fa-study session in Ireland, Falun Dafa practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts every hour on the hour, supporting the trial in the United States against the head evil. Throughout history, whoever helped the evil never had a happy ending. We hope those following the evil or who are forced by orders to do so, pull out before it is too late. Treat Falun Dafa and Falun Dafa practitioners well.