Becoming activists in global China :

Becoming Activists in Global China is the first purely sociological study of the religious movement Falun Gong and its resistance to the Chinese state. The literature on Chinese protest has intensively studied the 1989 democracy movement while largely ignoring opposition by Falun Gong, even though t...

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Main Author: Junker, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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505 0 |a Protest made in global China -- Comparing Falun Gong and Minyun as movements -- The forgotten importance of Falun Gong -- Falun Gong : Qigong fad, new religion, protest movement -- Falun Gong's history of "stepping forward" -- Overseas Minyun : democracy through bureaucracy, factionalism, and asylum. 
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