Falun Gong and the future of China / David Ownby.
Falun Gong and the future of China / David Ownby.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N299.51/ 18
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English
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xi, 291 p. ; 25 cm.
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 con...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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England
Date Published
2008.
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"Falun Gong founder Li Hongzhi started his own school of qigong in 1992, claiming that the larger movement had become corrupted. Li quickly built a nationwide following of several million practitioners but ran afoul of China's authorities and relocated to the United States in 1995. In his absence, followers in China organized peaceful protests of p...
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Falun Gong and the future of China / David Ownby.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index.
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N299.51/ 18
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74VMb2zmq7E3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMb2zmq7E3
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9780195329056 (alk. paper)
0195329058 (alk. paper)
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299.51
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991000649249702626
