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Minority Report

Hitchens, Christopher | November 20, 2000 issue

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The article discusses the preachings, ideologies and controversy surrounding the Chinese cult leader Li Hongzhi. The allegations leveled against him are that he and his groups and fellows fully abandoned national pride, threw themselves into the arms of overseas anti-China forces and were willingly used by international hostile forces as tools to interfere in China's internal affairs. He stands pole apart in contemporary Chinese ideologies. He is not at all burbling about stages of enlightenment and his own awakening through innumerable ages in the past. On the contrary, he preaches about the natural superiority of Chinese and the dangers of homosexuality. His movement therefore appeals to the ancient and inward-looking China, as well as to those looking for an avenue of protest.

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LI Hongzhi; CULTS; POLITICAL movements; SOCIAL movements; POLITICAL crimes & offenses; SUBVERSIVE activities; CHINA
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