LATEST ARTICLES
Tai Ji Men’s Struggle and Challenges for Freedom of Belief in Taiwan and Internationally
By fighting for justice in their paradigmatic case, Tai Ji Men dizi (disciples) also fight for the freedom of many other persecuted spiritual movements.
Qigong, False Accusations, and Unjust Detention: The Story of My Father
My father was one of the two dizi (disciples) detained in 1996 with the leader of Tai Ji Men and his wife. Courts eventually acknowledged he was innocent.
Conscience, Love, and the Brave Road to Uphold Justice
Tai Ji Men’s heart Kung Fu inspires both the global promotion of peace, love, and conscience, and the fight for tax and legal reform in Taiwan.
Facing Uncertain Times: Pursuing Peace and Justice with Love and Conscience
Tai Ji Men dizi promote a culture of conscience, love, and peace throughout the world. They also ask for tax oppression against them to cease.
From Bordeaux to Taipei: Tai Ji Men and the Pursuit of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
Both Scientology’s resilience to French anti-cult laws and campaigns and Tai Ji Men’s strength in front of tax and media harassment prove that public slander can be successfully resisted.
The Significance of the Tai Ji Men Case for Tax and Legal Reform in Taiwan
Studying their own case, Tai Ji Men dizi (disciples) discovered a dark side in Taiwan’s tax and legal systems.
Respect All with Conscience and Tolerance: The Tai Ji Men Case and the Pandemic of the Century
As a doctor and a Tai Ji Men dizi, I learned that everybody should be treated with patience and respect and stigmatizations should be avoided.
Unveiling the Potential: How Tai Ji Men Contributes to a Better Future “Beyond the Code”
The progress of DNA research may offer a perspective to look at the positive contribution of Tai Ji Men to society.
The Chinese “Esoteric Paradigm,” PierLuigi Zoccatelli, and Tai Ji Men
Whether a “non-Western esotericism,” including a Chinese one, exists is a controversial question. Zoccatelli offered a solution, which led him to study Tai Ji Men with interest.
Calling for a Solution of the Tai Ji Men Case
We join Tai Ji Men in respectfully asking the government of Taiwan, whose commitment to democracy in a region plagued by non-democratic regimes we appreciate and applaud, to return through a political act the confiscated sacred land to Tai Ji Men and publicly confirm that, as Taiwan’s Supreme Court stated, they never violated the law nor evaded taxes.
It would be a small step for Taiwan’s government, but a crucial one to tell the world Taiwan is truly committed to freedom of religion or belief and to the protection of religious and spiritual minorities that were once persecuted by its authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes.
FUTURE EVENTS
Download free books
a chronology
“The Tai Ji Men Case” web site is a project by Action Alliance to Redress 1219 whose aim is to collect and put at the readers’ easy disposal articles, documents, and videos—from academic studies to magazine articles—about the case of Tai Ji Men, a mempai (similar to a school) of qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation headquartered in Taiwan, which has been victim of discrimination and persecution in its home country since 1996, and whose street protests have generated widespread international protests. Here you can find an exhaustive chronology of the case.
Subscribe to Our Newsletter