Chinese Official: New Overseas Chinese TV Station "Falun Gong Propaganda Tool"
December 31, 2003
Text of report by Chinese news agency Zhongguo Xinwen She
Sydney, 18 December: A spokesman of the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney said today: "New Tang dynasty Television" [Chinese: xin tang ren dian shi tai] with its headquarters in the United States has self-claimed as a mass media but it is in fact a propaganda tool of the "Falun Gong" cult [xie jiao] organization. It is hoped that the Australian people, especially the overseas Chinese and Chinese residents in Australia will not be duped and utilized by them and also will not support them or take part in their activities.
The spokesman said: "New Tang dynasty Television" plans to hold its "First New Year's Eve Party for the Chinese People" in New York on 18 and 19 January next year and broadcast it to the whole world through satellite communications. In order to produce programmes for the evening party, the "volunteers" of "New Tang dynasty Television" may want to "interview" some overseas Chinese or Chinese visitors in Australia.
The spokesman pointed out: "Falun Gong" is same as Japan's "Aum Shinrikyo", being a complete cult organization. It has caused the death of more than 1,700 people in China and is still poisoning those who are unaware of the truth. In the name of practising Qigong to improve health and under the fig leaf of disseminating "truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance", they have used all kinds of tactics to cover up their true nature of being a cult, their anti-China propaganda and anti-Chinese activities, as well as their activities to smear China and the Chinese people.
The spokesman noted that "New Tang dynasty Television" planned to hold the so-called "First New Year's Eve Party for the Chinese People" in the name of disseminating Chinese culture. Its real purpose is to spread cult doctrine and anti-China propaganda. It is an insult to Chinese culture as well as to the overseas Chinese and Chinese residents in foreign countries. It is hoped that people will clearly understand its true nature and will not be duped by them.
Source: Zhongguo Xinwen She news agency, Beijing, in Chinese 18 Dec 03
(via BBCM via DXLD 3-228)
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