Radio Free Asia: Fifth Anniversary of "4.25"

Extremely nervous about the upcoming 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre on June 4th, 1989, the Chinese Government has no alternative but to give priority to the 5th anniversary of Falun Gong's "4.25" Peaceful Appeal. Falun Gong practitioners in all parts of Europe, as well as human rights groups, plan to hold various activities during this weekend. Falun Gong has spread widely in Europe. The following report is based on a broadcast from Tian Yi, a reporter in Germany for Radio Free Asia.

In the past few days the Chinese Government has been facing bitter situations, times are getting harder for them; extremely nervous about the upcoming 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre on June 4th, 1989, the Chinese Government has no alternative but to give priority to the 5th anniversary of "4.25" peaceful appeal which brings them more headaches, some European reports have said. After the historic Incident of the Zhongnanhai Appeal in 1999, European and German societies have gained further understanding of Falun Gong in the last five years. Regarding this, Ms Zheng Zhiong, a female scholar from Zhejiang University, gave us a general introduction.

"Faced with such slanderous and misleading propaganda and placed in the international spotlight, Falun Gong practitioners, in particular overseas practitioners, have used their actions and words to validate Dafa in the past five years and thus bring the following result," Ms Zheng Zhiong was quoted as saying.

"The situations in Germany can best illustrate this," Ms Zheng said. "It has almost become taboo to label Falun Gong as an '[omitted]'," Ms Zheng concluded.

As far as the reporter understands, around April 25th, various activities and assemblies are being held in European capitals and major cities in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of "4.25" peaceful appeal.