<P> In the mid-1990s , however , Falun Gong became estranged from the state - run qigong associations in 1996 , leading to a gradual escalation of tensions with Communist Party authorities that culminated in the Spring of 1999 . Following a protest of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners near the Zhongnanhai government compound on 25 April 1999 to request official recognition , then - Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin ordered Falun Gong be crushed . A campaign of propaganda , large - scale extrajudicial imprisonment , torture and coercive reeducation ensued . </P>
<P> In the mid-1990s , however , Falun Gong became estranged from the state - run qigong associations in 1996 , leading to a gradual escalation of tensions with Communist Party authorities that culminated in the Spring of 1999 . Following a protest of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners near the Zhongnanhai government compound on 25 April 1999 to request official recognition , then - Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin ordered Falun Gong be crushed . A campaign of propaganda , large - scale extrajudicial imprisonment , torture and coercive reeducation ensued . </P>
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who is the falun gong confronting by hacking into chinese tv station broadcasts
Communist Party
Communist Party