Share Long: > Those pictures of Chinese people young and old, male > and female practicing qigong all together... > Don't confuse Chinese government sponsored qigong with Falun Gong, the non-sectarian program of spiritual qigong.
True qigong has nothing to do with mandated communist propaganda or the torture of Tibetans and other minorities. "In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned Falun Gong and began a nationwide crackdown and multifaceted propaganda campaign against the practice; in October 1999 it declared Falun Gong an "evil cult..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong