Falun Gong and the future of China / David Ownby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ownby, David, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Falun Gong (Organization).

Qi gong--Political aspects--China.

Qi gong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1999, 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside Zhongnanhai, the guarded compound where China's highest leaders live and work, in a day-long peaceful protest of police brutality against fellow practitioners in the neighboring city of Tianjin. This book explains what Falun Gong is and where it came from.

Contents:

Introduction : Qigong, Falun Gong, and the crisis of the post-Mao state

A history for Falun Gong

The creation and evolution of Qigong

The life and times of Li Hongzhi in China, 1952-1995

Falun Gong outside of China : fieldwork among diaspora practitioners

David meets Goliath : the conflict between Falun Gong and the Chinese State

Conclusion: Unpacking contexts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988701-2

0-19-973853-X

9786611851859

0-19-971637-4

1-4356-4230-9

1-281-85185-X

OCLC:

227005241