Section I

 

Top Secret

 

The Office of the Leadership Group

 On Preventing and Handling Cultic Issues

The Communist Party Committee, the City of Datong

 

Brief Report

 

4th Issue

January 23, 2005

 

Anti-cult Warning Education Scheduled for Our City

Study Material on Anti-cult Warning Education

 

(Specific issue on anti-cult warning education, to be sent to grassroots agencies)

 

In accordance with the spirit of the Notice on Launching Anti-cult Warning Education Campaign in the Countryside issued by eight central government agencies, and the arrangements by the 610 Office of the Communist Party Committee of Shanxi Province, the 610 Office of the Communist Party Committee of our city has made proposals based on the actual situations of our city, and issued a specific document, working out concrete plan on anti-cult warning education campaign.  In addition to the specific training, propaganda, and education in the countryside, this campaign will also be timely launched in urban communities in order to constantly explore experiences and improve grassroots cadres¡¯ and people¡¯s ability to recognize and boycott cults.  Leading body, sphere of operation, and main contents are detailed.

 

I.                    Leading body

The municipal Communist Party Committee and the government pay high regard to the anti-cult warning education, and has set up a specific leadership group, with Liang Fengshu, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Disciplinary Commission, head of the Leadership Group on Preventing and Handling Cultic Issues, as head, and leaders from the Department of Personnel, the Office of Spiritual Civilization Construction, the Bureau of Education, the Bureau of Public Safety, the Bureau of Agriculture, the municipal Youth Committee, the Society of Science, and the 610 Office as members.  The office of this group will be located in the 610 Office, taking care of concrete matters regarding this campaign.

 

II.                 Extension of this campaign

In accordance with the spirit of the work plan on continuing anti-cult warning education in the countryside, selecting some communities lying between cities and countryside launching anti-cult education, and timely launching anti-cult education campaign in elementary and high schools, our city will, complying with actual situations, specifically and timely train and educate grassroots cadres, residents, elementary and high school students in the urban area, aside from specific training, propaganda and education targeting grassroots cadres, residents, elementary and high school students in the countryside.

 

III.               Main contents

  1. Grassroots cadres in the countryside shall be gathered together for a 3-day study on Propaganda Syllabus on the Warning Education Campaign against Cults and other materials compiled by the Leadership Group on Preventing and Handling Cultic Issues of the Central Committee of the CPC.  Grassroots cadres in the urban area shall spend 5 days studying the same materials.  Meanwhile, leaders of enterprises and NGOs shall be gathered together for the same study.  The focus of these studies will be policies on preventing and handling cults which operate in the name of religion.
  2. Anti-cult Propaganda Pictorial issued by the 610 Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the Provincial Party Committee will be displayed mainly in the countryside, and properly in the urban communities and factory workshops.  Each county and district shall make full use of cultural activities during the Spring Festival, strengthening the propaganda.
  3. Education authorities at all level shall organize elementary and high school students to study Propaganda Syllabus on the Warning Education Campaign against Cults and other materials during five 10-minute breaks, and watch anti-cult warning education video with foreign cultic activities as key contents.  In the beginning of next semester when students are having collective trainings, education authorities shall make full use of elementary and high school student education bases, conducting one-hour anti-cult warning education.
  4. Anti-cult warning education shall be closely combined with ¡°education on keeping the advanced characters of the Communist Party members¡± and ¡°campaign on bringing culture, science and technology, and health to the countryside¡±.  The Communist Party training schools at all levels shall add one-hour anti-cult warning education in their curriculum.
  5. The 610 Office of the municipal Party committee will, in accordance with the actual situations of our city, compile propaganda materials on anti-cult warning education, and prepare some questions for grassroots¡¯ use.  The media shall make proper coverage according to the requirements.
  6. In order to get focused, Lingqiu, Nanjiao, Zuoyun, Yanggao, Tianzhen, Hunyuan, Datong and Mining district will be selected as priority counties and districts, and Yeli Village of Lingqiu County, Qili Village of Nanjiao District, Xinping Town of Tianzhen County, Sitaigou, Yongdingzhuang, Tongjialiang neighborhood of Mining District, and Xinjienanlu neighborhood in downtown as priority units for anti-cult warning education.
  7. Anti-cult warning education campaign in the countryside shall come to an end by February.  The campaign in urban areas will be properly prolonged till March.
  8. Leaders of each county and district shall take the lead, and continue to adopt such ways as ¡°entering villages and households¡±, ¡°face-to-face¡±, ¡°entering schools, textbooks and classrooms¡±, making sure the actual effects of the campaign.
  9. Various cultural activities pleasing the masses shall be actively conducted during the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and other traditional holidays to make sure propaganda contents reach every household.  This year, four kinds of bodybuilding Qigong will be promoted throughout the city.  After the Spring Festival the Municipal Qigong Association will train instructors.  All counties and districts shall offer support and coordination, actively conquer the front, and combine leading measures with banning ones.
  10. Research and supervision shall be strengthened.  After this campaign, each county and district shall master basic information on local cultic activities, summarize the work and file written report to the 610 Office of the municipal Party Committee by the end of March.  And all information shall be promptly reported.  There is one point that needs to be stressed in particular.  Anti-cult warning education campaign in urban neighborhoods is a positive exploration by our city.  Downtown and Mining districts shall scientifically and actively organize the campaign, draw experiences, and file specific reports to the 610 Office of the municipal Party Committee by the end of March.

 

 

Study Materials on Anti-cult Warning Education

 

Editor¡¯s introduction: To guide anti-cult warning education, the 610 Office of the Central Committee of CPC and the provincial Communist Party Committee have issued anti-cult Propaganda Pictorial and other materials and discs.  In order to have a deeper study, the 610 Office of the municipal Party Committee has purposely collected and compiled some study materials for grassroots¡¯ use, including comments made by proletarian revolutionary leaders, and Party and state leaders, difference between cult and religion, cultic activities domestic, overseas, and in our city, and fifty anti-cult questions and answers.  All counties and districts shall, on the basis of their own situations, adopt various ways and utilize local newspapers, TV and other media, extending and strengthening anti-cult warning education.  The propaganda shall be done face-to-face, and reach villages and households, making sure it is known by everyone, creating an atmosphere within which ¡°Science is honored, families are cared, life is treasured, and cults are boycotted.¡±

 

I.                    Comments made by proletarian revolutionary leaders, and Party and state leaders

  1. Dialectical materialism and historical materialism are scientific worldview and methodology.

 

Engeles:   We live not only in the natural world but also in human society.  And human society has its own history of development and its own science, just like the natural world.  Therefore, the task is to coordinate social sciences, namely the combination of historical science and philosophical science, with the basis of materialism, and make improvements on this basis.

 

Lenin: Marxist tactics in dealing with religion is very cautious, and come out of careful considerations of Marx and Engeles.  In the eyes of ignorant people, it is just an expression of hesitation.  As a matter of fact, it is a direct and natural conclusion drawn from dialectical materialism.

 

Mao Zedong:  Only after the great activists of proletarian movement Marx and Engeles summarized the positive achievements in human cognition history, particularly absorbed with critique the positive parts of Hegel¡¯s dialectics, creating the great theory of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, was there an unprecedented revolution in the history of human cognition.  Afterwards, Lenin and Stalin further developed this great theory.  Once introduced into China, it caused a huge change in the Chinese thinking field.

 

Deng Xiaoping:  In building socialism, we must follow Marxist dialectical materialism and historical materialism, that is, coming down to earth, or proceeding from the reality, as summarized by Comrade Mao Zedong.

 

Jiang Zemin: In solving the issues on worldview and life view, the most important thing is to guide and organize cadres and Party members to further study Marxism, Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, in particular, Comrade Deng Xiaoping¡¯s theory on building socialism with Chinese characteristics, to arm their minds and direct various works.

 

  1. Fundamental theory on religious issues

 

Engeles: There exist some people in various classes, who, after being disappointed with material liberation, naturally turn to spiritual liberation and comfort in order to get rid of their despair.  It is almost unnecessary to explain that most of these people seeking spiritual comfort and trying to avoid external world are naturally slaves.

 

Lenin:  The deepest roots of religious bias are poverty and ignorance.  And we shall also fight them.

 

Lenin: All peoples are equal, and enjoy religious liberty.

 

Mao Zedong:  The so-called cognition of objective truth is that, external objective phenomenon and essence reflected in human practice become untested subjective truth after going through gradual and sudden changes.  In order to know whether this subjective truth obtained in this process truly reflect objective truth (namely rule), we shall return to the reality to see if it works.

 

Jiang Zemin:  As far as religious issues are concerned, I want to stress three points: first, to comprehensively and correctly implement Party¡¯s policies on religion; second, to strengthen management over religious affairs according to law; third, to actively guide religion to suit the socialist society.

 

  1. To improve public safety, and create sound environment

 

Jiang Zemin: ¡°Falungong¡± is a cult threatening the society and people.  According to incomplete statistics, due to the practice of ¡°Falungong¡±, over 1,400 people lost their lives.  Many practitioners went out of their minds.  And many families were broken.  ¡°Falungong¡± has caused serious social consequences.  Most practitioners think ¡°Falungong¡± might help improve their health, failing to know the illegal activities conducted by plotters, organizers and core members.  Therefore, once they knew its essence of anti-society, anti-science and anti-human beings, they have immediately severed their ties with it.  In today¡¯s world, though science, technology, and culture are advanced, cultic organizations threatening public health and normal social order appear from time to time, such as ¡°Branch Davidian¡± and ¡°People¡¯s Temple¡± in America, ¡°Aum Shinrikyo¡± in Japan, ¡°Sun Temple¡± in Europe, etc.  The reasons are complicated.  Any responsible governments will not let go of these cultic activities.  This also indicates that, the more advanced material civilization becomes, the higher regard we need to pay to spiritual civilization.  Only when both material and spiritual civilization develop can people live truly happy and civilized lives.

 

 

Jiang Zemin: We shall greatly strengthen grassroots leadership, and improve our managing and controlling ability over the society.  Public safety issues comprehensively reflect leadership and management over the whole society.  After grassroots leadership is strengthened, and the ability for grassroots education, management and handling issues is improved, a solid foundation will be laid for public safety work.  Public safety situation is closely linked with combat and control effectiveness of grassroots leadership.  Strengthen grassroots leadership is crucial for public safety.

 

Jiang Zemin: We shall treat traditional culture of our nation and foreign cultures with scientific attitude.  Our nation, which has a long history, has created the Chinese civilization which is brilliant in human history, and formed a traditional culture which is strong and vital.  We shall inherit well this invaluable culture, absorbing what is good, and getting rid of what is not good.

 

Hu Jintao: The work on preventing and handling other cults has a huge impact on the Party¡¯s ruling status, and social and political stability.  We shall be determined and efficient.

 

II.                 Differences between cults and religions

1.       Traditional religions, new religions, and cults

Traditional religions usually refer to ones which came into being very early, and enjoy long and heavy historical and cultural traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islamism, Hinduism, and Chinese Taoism.  And they all enjoy long history and numerous believers.  In addition, due to long term historical filtering and social reshaping, they have actually become a part of social infrastructure.  Their leading elements fit into social developing tides.  The existence and healthy development are conducive to social harmony and stability, and social, ethical and moral improvement.

 

New religions, named in contrast to traditional religions, generally refer to ones which came into being later than traditional religions, and have certain new forms and characteristics.  Religions established in last century, this century, or after the Second World War are usually deemed new ones.  Aside from shorter history, new religions generally have small scales and complex denominations.  However, few of them have large scale, such as Soka Gakkai in Japan, which has 10 million believers, Baha¡¯i around the world (Baha¡¯i Faith), which has 5 million believers.  Facts indicate that, new religions cannot separate themselves from traditional thoughts.  Most of them came out of traditional religions and churches.  Soka Gakki originated from Nichiren Buddhism, and Baha¡¯i from Islamic group in Iran.  After they emerged as independent faith, denominations and groups, they usually took certain attitude of criticism, alienation or toleration towards the original religions.  Though new religions originated from traditional religions in certain ways, or were superficially linked with them, many of them claimed themselves as advanced and independent religious systems once they reached certain scales, even at the early age of forming.  As a result, disputes between traditional and new religions happen from time to time, which have become a popular phenomenon.

 

As new religions are mentioned, people naturally think of ¡°cults¡±, for cults are vicious and extreme.  Cults and many other new religions have certain things in common.  Both of them come into being rather late, borrow and revise some terms and teachings (e.g. eschatology) of traditional religions, attract believers with certain unique forms and contents, and are strongly utilitarian.  In comparison with traditional religions, cults have three eye-catching characteristics: First, though traditional religions also center on ¡°supreme being¡± and ¡°ultimate being¡± of God, in people¡¯s mind this being of God is far away from them.  But the God cults worship can do various ¡°miracles¡±, and is a savior who is besides them and almighty; Secondly, though traditional religions also have church organizations or faith group, they are all legal and public.  But cults are similar to such clandestine organizations as gang and black society.  This hinges on their vicious purpose of anti-reality, anti-human beings and anti-society; thirdly, traditional religions have lofty and good spiritual pursuit.  Their existence is conducive to social stability and development.  But the essence and purpose of evil teachings propagated by cultic organizations is anti-science, anti-civilization and anti-society.  Therefore, cults are evil not only from the perspective of the interests of the state, society and people but also from the perspective of normal, legal and beneficial religions.  They are not legal and orthodox religions.

 

2.       Cults¡ªThen and Now

Since ancient times, cultic organizations have been in the land of China, which has been stricken by feudal and superstitious thoughts for several thousand years, from ¡°Seeking a wife for god of river¡± to ¡°Falungong¡±.  Though they may take different names, and engage in different activities, they are similar in trapping people.  Five ways to express them:

 

First, to confuse and poison people¡¯s mind with evil teachings.  Evil forces and cultic organizations both now and then tout evil teachings.  At the time of Wei Wenhou in the Warring Period, there was a rascal who claimed if the god of river was not offered a wife, calamities would appear.  He intimidated and cheated the people in this way.  Many young girls were pushed into the river and lost their lives.  Today, Li Hongzhi intimidated people with the theory on the doom¡¯s day and explosion of the earth.

 

Secondly, to collect money with evil teachings.  Most of the leaders of cultic organizations are greedy, and collect money in various ways.  At the time of Qianlong, there was a rascal in Suzhou who had a ¡°bear¡±.  He told people that his ¡°bear¡± could write poems, but could not speak.  If anyone wanted a poem from his ¡°bear¡±, he had to pay him.  One day when the rascal went out of home, the ¡°bear¡± wrote something for the poem seekers, telling them he was from Changsha, and was captured by the rascal who gave him some medicine that made him dumb, stuck a bear skin on him, chained him, and used him to make money. After knowing that, the poem seekers immediately reported the case to the officials.  And the rascal was punished.  Today, Li Hongzhi collects money everywhere through publishing cultic books, tapes and videos.

 

Thirdly, to womanize with evil teachings.  Most of the rascals around the world are womanizers, who think of every way to womanize.  In Ming Dynasty there existed an evil force in Guangxi, who claimed in the name of religion that Buddha in Baolian Temple could let women bear baby boys.  After the women paid enough money, the rascals asked them to stay alone in a room.  At night they sneaked into the room from hidden path to rape them.  Over 40 years they made a lot of money, and raped numerous women.  Today, Li Hongzhi uses his collected money to buy villas, cars, passports and green card, and frequent porno and gambling places.

 

Fourthly, to harm people with evil teachings.  Most of the cultic leaders both now and then did not hesitate to kill people for the sake of money or others.  At the time of Shunzi, Qing Dynasty, a learned man, while reading, heard someone crying out that he did not want to be a Buddha.  He climbed a tree to see what was happening.  And he saw many people surrounded and paid their respect to a man, wishing him to go to the heaven sooner.  And there was an iron rod nearby him.  Subsequently an ascension ceremony was held.  The learned suddenly realized that the man to be burnt was the one who cried out he did not want to be a Buddha.  So he rushed to report to the officials.  When the officials came to the scene, the man had died, with an iron nail in his buttocks, and blood all over the seat.  During the interrogation, the rascals admitted to take this way to cheat people and collect ¡°incense money¡±.  Today, though Li Hongzhi does not kill people in the same way, he has caused the death of over 1,400 people.

 

Fifthly, to fan troubles with evil teachings.  Once the leaders of cultic forces and organizations collect enough money, they start to live luxury lives.  As time goes by, they will have political ambitions.  In Xi Han Dynasty there was a felon who obtained trust from Emperor Liu Che through reporting others, and was given an official title.  Later he summoned some wizards, asking them to spread the rumor that the palace was covered with confusion and poison.  The emperor was thus sick.  The capitol city Chang An was in chaos.  Both queen and prince committed suicide.  Today, Li Hongzhi has much bigger political ambitions.  He established 39 Falungong general bases, 1,900 tutoring stations, 28,263 practice spots, and instigated ten thousand people to surround Zhongnanhai (the leadership compound of China) making troubles.  It is obvious that he has a vicious motive.

 

3.       Cults are targeted in every country

Japan: Targeting Aum Shinrikyo Doomsday Cult

Gas attack in Tokyo subway in 1995 was plotted by the cultic leader¡ªShoko Asahara, aiming at stopping the police from further investigation of his cultic organization.  In this attack, 12 people were killed, over 5,500 wounded.  Japanese police launched a half-a-year manhunt, arresting over 400 core members of Aum Shinrikyo, including Shoko Asahara himself.

 

The United States: ¡°People¡¯s Temple¡± destroyed by tanks (Note by the editor of Journal: in this section ¡°People¡¯s Temple¡± and ¡°Branch Davidian¡± are combined ¡°out of mistakes¡± or ¡°on purpose)

In 1976, Jim Jones, the leader of ¡°People¡¯s Temple¡± group, established Jones Town in the forest in Guyana, which was an anti-capitalism Utopian commune.  Nearly one thousand commune members worked here cutting trees, planting the field, building houses, eating together, working together and living together.  Due to Jones¡¯ dictatorship, more and more believers wanted to leave.  And some people asked the media to make public the situation in Jones Town, and urged the Congress to make a comprehensive investigation.  On November 14, 1978, Democratic Congressman Ryan took some journalist there for investigation.  As a result, five people including Congressman Ryan were killed, 12 wounded.  Jones felt the end of his day, thus ordering his assistant to prepare some poisonous juice, summon the believers to the tent, and ask them to drink the juice.  912 believers died of poison.  ¡°Branch Davidian¡± was so rampant that the American government could not let it go.  On February 28, 1993, over 100 fully armed FBI agents came to the headquarters of this group under the protection of helicopters.  But they were ambushed by the Davidian believers, wounding over 20 agents.  From then on FBI agents started a 51-day standoff.  The Department of Defense mobilized 4 M-1 battling tanks, which were used during the Gulf War, to support those agents.  Ultimately the number of law enforcement officers reached 400.  On April 19 was the 51st day of standoff.  At six o¡¯clock that morning, the tanks crushed the wall and the gate, and fired tear gas into the buildings.  At 12:10 pm, all the buildings were burnt.

 

Germany: ¡°Scientologists¡± brought to trial

In April 1991, the German government brought to trial ¡°the Scientologist¡± group, which originated from the United States, claimed five million believers, and established over 700 operation centers in 65 countries.  They blackmailed, intimidated, kidnapped and spiritually tortured people.  In the late 1980s, over 50 scientologist centers were banned in France, Spain, and Italy.

 

III.               Trend of cultic activities

1.       From the international perspective, western anti-China forces led by the United States, out of their intention of splitting and westernizing China, will support and use Falungong and other cultic organizations in the long run, and will not stop eliminating China.  Falungong and other cultic organizations are stepping up their propaganda through modern media, and have bothered our satellite transmission utilities for many times.  They cannot wait to unite with other hostile forces, such as ¡°democratic movement¡±, ¡°Taiwan independence movement¡±, serving as lackeys against China.  Facts indicate that, Falungong has become an overseas force with the tightest organization, the finest propaganda system, the most abundant finance, the most frequent activities, the most volatile confrontational means, and the most serious threat.  In addition, other cultic organizations in the name of religion never stop making troubles.

2.       From the domestic perspective, stubborn Falungong practitioners, under the instruction of overseas Falungong cult, conduct more frequent underground activities.  They flagrantly launch the so-called ¡°safeguarding legal rights¡± and other confrontational operations, delivering ¡°appealing¡± materials, making troubles in the court, and interfering in massive incidents. 38.2% more underground Falungong groups were targeted in the first half of 2004.  At the same time, other cultic activities in the name of religion are also rampant.  Currently, the most active groups are ¡°Three Ranking Servants¡±, ¡°Real God¡±, and ¡°Disciple Society¡±.  ¡°Three Ranking Servants¡± group spreads over 18 provinces, claiming a million members.  They set up enterprises, develop their organization, and have been involved in 16 murder cases, killing 20 people.  ¡°Real God¡± group, which enjoy a tight organization and a fast development, has spread over 30 provinces, claiming a million believers.  ¡°Disciple Society¡± has 130 thousand units, claiming over a million members.  The Zhongyuan assembly only touches upon 15 provinces.

3.       From the provincial perspective, cultic activities by Falungong cannot be neglected.  From January to October in 2004, 509 Falungong cases took place in our province, rising 12% over the same period last year.  151 Falungong practitioners were arrested, rising 65%.  66,703 copies of reactionary propaganda materials were confiscated, rising 453%.  17 criminal groups were targeted, rising 112%.  2237 illegal satellite receivers were confiscated.  7 coordinating cases between overseas and domestic Falungong groups were identified by the state security department, with 5 of them solved.  It was the first time that three Falungong practitioners from the United States and Singapore sneaked into our province to do sabotage.  Activities of other cults and harmful Qigong organizations have become more and more serious.  Among 14 cultic organizations identified by the state, our province has eight:  First, ¡°Real God¡±, namely ¡°Eastern Lightening¡±, which spreads over 11 cities, with over 120 core members; secondly, ¡°Disciple Society¡±, which spreads over five cities and 27 counties and districts, with over 5,000 believers; thirdly, ¡°All Sphere Church¡±, which spreads over 8 cities including Datong.    In recent years, this group has reorganized itself in Datong, conducting more frequent activities; fourthly, Guanyin Famen (The Way of Goddess of Mercy, which operates mainly in Datong; fifthly, Three Ranking Servants, which operates mainly in Yuncheng; sixthly, Dami Mission, which operates mainly in Taiyuan; seventhly, the Established Christian Church, which operates mainly operates in seven cities, including Taiyuan; eighthly, Spirit-Spirit Sect, which operates mainly in Linfen.

4.       From municipal perspective, there are 4 cultic organizations in our city, which operate to different extent.  The first one is All Sphere Church.  In 1988, it set up a church in Yanbei.  For one time, illegal activities are on the decrease.  But in 1996, All Sphere Church regained its momentum.  Particularly, ever since 2000, illegal activities have been frequent.  Over 20 cases involved this group, and three of them are serious ones.  On July 18, 2000, villagers in Qili Village of Nanjiao District held a children training class, with 40 children aged 8-13 registered.  In November 2001, All Sphere Church illegally ran a school in Yeli Village of Lingqiu County, which recruited 42 kids aged 7-12, lasted half a year, and involved 10 organizers.  It is a shock that this school had such a scale, and lasted so long.  On April 30, 2003, All Sphere Church used advanced computer editing programs to illegally produce religious propaganda materials.  The second one is South China Church, doing evangelism in Yongdingzhuan Mine, Tongjialiang Mine, Zuoyun County and Datong County.  Since 2000, more than 20 your female believers aged 15-16 has gone to Hubei to be trained to be preachers.  The third one is Guanyin Famen, which spread to our city in 1992.  In the beginning, this group met clandestinely in the name of intensive study of the teachings.  Later it adopted new ways, developing itself in the name of doing business.  The fourthly one is Real God (also named Eastern Lightening), which operates rampantly in our city.  Since 2002, this sect has been involved in 15 cases.  Lingqiu County, Datong County, Tianzhen County, Yanggao County, Zuoyun County, Mining District, Nanjiao District are its major operating regions.  This sect cheats people of money through intimidation, illegal detention, pornography, and violence.  In addition, overseas religious organizations conduct infiltrations with religion.  In July 2001, 21 Koreans came to a Christian church in Wangguantun Town, Yanggao County for a serve without approval from any authorities, touting Korean Christian teachings.  In July, 2001, a villager of Xinrong District obtained 25,000 copies ¡°Oh, Friend, the Heavenly Father Is Waiting for You¡± and other overseas propaganda materials from two Australians in Haila¡¯er, Inner Mongolia.  On November 25, 2001, four Hong Kong residents specifically came to an illegal Christian gathering place, conducting reactionary religious infiltrations.

There exist 6 harmful Qigong groups in our city, namely, ¡°Zhong Gong¡±, ¡°Puti Gong¡±, ¡°Xiang Gong¡±, ¡°San San Jiu Cheng Yuang Gong¡±, ¡°Yuanji Gong¡±, and ¡°Yuzhou Shen Gong¡±.  Nowadays, ¡°Zhong Gong¡± group has been banned according to law.  Other five groups have voluntarily dismissed themselves, stopping their public activities.  So far illegal conducts has not been discovered.

 

IV.               Anti-Cult warning education questions and answers

1.       The 610 Office of the CPC Central Committee pays high regard to the launching of four healthy Qigong, namely, Liu Zi Jue, Wu Qin Xi, Ba Jin Duan, Yi Jin Jing, which are produced by the State General Bureau on Sports.

2.       To love motherland, people, labor, science, and socialism is the fundamental requirement of citizen¡¯s moral construction.

3.       Citizen¡¯s basic moral standard can be summarized in 20 Chinese characters as: love the motherland, keep the law, be polite and honest, keep solidarity and friendship, be hardworking and thrifty, improve self, and be dedicated to our career.

4.       The subject for the youth volunteer campaign is dedication, friendship, mutual help, and progress.

5.       Yungang Grotto in our city is listed as the world heritage.

6.       Our city¡¯s GDP in 2004 reaches 30 billion Yuan, fiscal income 4.5 billion Yuan, and per capita net income of the peasants 2,230 Yuan, which rises 12%.

7.       Datong Airport will be ready in 2005, loop highway in 2005.

8.       The education on maintaining the advanced character of the Communist Party members is about to be launched nationwide.

9.       The village Party branch and the village committee have the responsibilities to educate and lead the villagers to prevent and boycott cults.

10.   The village Party branch and the village committee shall do propaganda on honoring science and opposing cults to the villagers, making cults targeted by everyone everywhere.

11.   Practice proves that, if countryside grassroots leadership is capable and strong, cults have no room to exist.

12.   Principals of elementary and high schools shall take responsibility to keep cults out of campus.

13.   Schools have obligations to educate and lead youngsters to study science, love science, be scientific, and voluntarily boycott cults.

14.   Students shall use scientific and cultural knowledge they have learned to influence their parents, making contributions for their families¡¯ boycotting cults.

15.   The Communist Party members and Youth League members have obligations to take the lead in boycotting cultic activities.

16.   When encountering cultic cheating, we shall not listen, believe, and propagate.

17.   Cultic organizations are illegal ones established in the name of religion, Qigong or others, which deify their leaders, confuse and poison people¡¯s mind, cheat others through making and disseminating superstitious teachings, develop and control members, and harm the society.

18.   When we know our relatives and friends are cheated into joining cults, we shall help and advise them to quit as soon as possible.

19.   The essence of cults is anti-society, anti-science, and anti-human beings.

20.   Cults¡¯ key characteristics are: worshipping their leaders, fabricating evil teachings, controlling people¡¯s mind, collecting money, associating clandestinely, and harming the society.

21.   In order to deify themselves, cultic leaders often claim themselves ¡°God¡± or ¡°Buddha¡±.

22.   In order to cheat people, cults often take the name of religion and Qigong.

23.   Cults often spread the rumor on ¡°Doomsday¡±, claiming that ¡°the earth is about to explode, and human beings are about to be destroyed¡±, threatening and intimidating people, and bothering the social order.

24.   In order to cheat people into cults, cults often spread the rumor that ¡°one can be healed without seeing a doctor or taking any medicine¡±.

25.   Cults often cite natural calamities to intimidate farmers, claiming these are the precursor of ¡°Doomsday¡±, thus cheating people joining them.

26.   In order to control people¡¯s minds, cults demonize non-believers.

27.   Cults control believers¡¯ mind, forcing them to submit absolutely to the leaders.

28.   Though forcing the cheated people to accept their evil teachings, cultic organizations deprive them of their self awareness and analysis and judgment abilities.

29.   Cultic leaders claim that, ¡°believers go to the heaven, and non-believers the hell¡±, seducing and threatening people.

30.   Cultic organizations often recruit members from friends and relatives.

31.   After cheating some peasants join them, cultic organizations instruct them to cheat others.

32.   Some cultic members use nicknames or codes for contact.  And their activities are clandestine.

33.   Cultic organizations are well organized, conducting illegal activities clandestinely under the supervision of their leaders.

34.   Falungong have attacked Xinnuo Satellite many times.  The latest attack took place on November 20 last year.

35.   On December 27 last year, Liao Yuanhua, a core member of Falungong, fabricated rumors, slandering the police, and frequenting overseas Minghui website.

36.   An important purpose of cultic leaders is to cheat people of money.

37.   Some peasants, after joining cultic organizations, stop caring about their families and farming fields.  And their lives switch from stableness and wealth to poverty.

38.   To cure various diseases is also how cults cheat people.

39.   Those who mistakenly join cults are victims, and our brothers and sisters.  And we shall try our best to help and save them.

40.   It is illegal to participate in cultic activities.  Never do it.

41.   One who flagrantly insults others, or fabricates facts to slander others will be charged with insult and slander in accordance with Article 246 of the Criminal Code.

42.   One who organizes and utilizes cultic organizations to cheat others of money will be charged with racketeering in accordance with Article 266 of the Criminal Code.

43.   Cultic members who hamper government officials discharging their duties through violence and intimidation will be charged with hampering official duties in accordance with Item 1, Article 277 of the Criminal Code.

44.   One who organizes and utilizes cultic organizations to make and spread superstitious and evil teachings, and instruct or coerce others to commit suicide or to hurt themselves will be charged with murder or purposeful harming others in accordance with Article 232, 234 of the Criminal Code.

45.   One who organizes and utilizes cultic organizations to rape women or minor girls through seduction, intimidation, cheating or other ways will be charged with rape or sexually offending minor girls in accordance with Article 236 of the Criminal Code.

46.   We shall properly handle family and neighborhood relationships, leaving no room for cults.

47.   Cultic illegal activities shall be reported to the police or village leaders immediately.

48.   An important aspect of the rule of law is to improve people¡¯s legal awareness, and their scientific and cultural makings.

49.   To prevent and boycott cults is crucial to the longtime stability of the countryside.

50.   Grassroots government agencies shall often conduct cultural and athletic activities pleasing to the people to boycott various old customs and bad habits.