Radio France Internationale: The Zhongnanhai Appeal is a Historical Necessity

On the morning of the 24th of April, The Radio France Internationale broadcast the following report in Mandarin to the Chinese Mainland ion both Paris and China.

An article from the Epoch Time’s website said, "The majority of people thought that the suppression of Falun Gong was caused by the appeal of the Falun Gong practitioners who gathered at Zhongnanhai in 1999 and that this shocked Beijing. However, from a large amount of investigations, it has been discovered that the incident of the Zhongnanhai appeal was a historical necessity."

The article went on to say, “From 1995 the Beijing authorities had the intention to suppress Falun Gong. The Falun Gong practitioners’ efforts had made Beijing defer the persecution of Falun Gong for four and a half years."