(Clearwisdom.net) On July 25, 2011, Falun Dafa practitioners gathered at the Champ-de-Mars Plaza in Paris, France to protest the Chinese Communist Party's 12-year-long persecution of Falun Gong. They also used the occasion to commemorate the thousands of practitioners killed in the persecution. The location in front of the Eiffel Tower provided the opportunity to talk to many tourists, including many Chinese tourists, about Falun Gong and the persecution in China.

Many Chinese tourists took the fliers and listened to practitioners explain how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong and how staged the “Tiananmen Square self-immolation” to frame Falun Gong. Many of the Chinese tourists withdrew from the Communist Party, Youth League or the Young Pioneers on the spot. Some of them happily chanted, “Long live Falun Gong!” Others read the display boards and watched the Falun Gong exercise demonstration.

法轮功学员在战神广场上一字排开炼功、发正念,身后是与埃菲尔铁塔遥遥相望的军校(Ecole

Falun Gong exercise demonstration with the Ecole Militaire in the background

一名大陆游客正在凝神观看法轮功祥和的功法

A tourist from Mainland China quietly observes the Falun Gong exercises

法轮功学员在巴黎埃菲尔铁塔前的战神广场上炼功

Falun Gong excise demonstration 

广场上的民众认真的观看法轮功真相展板,其中也有不少大陆游客

Tourists view Falun Gong display boards

小孩子们高兴地学炼法轮功第二套功法

Learning the Falun Gong exercises