▁H imal ay an ▁Cloud ▁published ▁in ▁Supreme ▁Master ▁Ch ing ▁H ai ▁News ▁Magazine ▁vol ▁ 7 9 ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 1 9 9 7 ) ▁. ▁H ai ' s ▁own ▁record ▁of ▁her ▁init iation ▁into ▁the ▁Qu an ▁Y in ▁Method ▁and ▁initi ating ▁Master ▁when ▁she ▁eventually ▁arrived ▁in ▁India ▁are ▁ent a iled : ▁ ▁Pract ice ▁in ▁China ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁several ▁thousand ▁residents ▁of ▁China ▁were ▁pract ition ers ▁of ▁the ▁method . ▁ ▁The ▁Chinese ▁government ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁organization ' s ▁belief s ▁and ▁activities ▁were ▁fund ament ally ▁" anti - comm un ist " ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁group ▁a ▁" re action ary ▁religious ▁organization ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁Wu han ▁Zh ong z hi ▁Electric ▁Test ing ▁Equ ip ment ▁Company ▁was ▁accused ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁authorities ▁of ▁using ▁the ▁business ▁as ▁a ▁cover ▁to ▁" support ▁her es ies " ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Qu an ▁Y in ▁method . ▁The ▁enter prise ▁supported ▁thirty ▁pract ition ers ▁who ▁" mas quer aded ▁as ▁employees ▁and ▁business ▁associ ates ." ▁The ▁manager ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁using ▁the ▁company ' s ▁offices ▁and ▁buildings ▁as ▁" ret re at ▁sites ", ▁organ izing ▁" init i ations " ▁and ▁" screen ings " ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁members , ▁and ▁il leg ally ▁printing ▁and ▁distrib uting ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁of