Download or read book Falun Gong and the Future of China written by David Ownby and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.