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Who Is Afraid of Qigong? Repressing Qigong-Based Groups in China and Taiwan
While Qigong has been traditionally recognized in the Sinosphere as a healthy practice, groups perceived as not supporting the powers that be have been persecuted.
Reiki, Qigong, and Their Friends and Foes: From Usui to Tai Ji Men
Groups mobilizing universal energies have often faced opposition from various quarters.
Press Freedom and the Tai Ji Men Case
An international webinar reflects how freedom of the media cannot be separated from responsibility towards the truth.
Tai Ji Men’s Teachings on Human Conscience: A Remedy for Media Decadence
Exploring the vital role of conscience in media reform and the pursuit of a fairer society based on religious liberty for all.
The Media Impact on FoRB and the Tai Ji Men Case
Taiwan still experiences significant problems with the quality and freedom of the media, as confirmed by the case of Tai Ji Men. by Willy Fautré*...
Media Impact on FoRB and the Tai Ji Men Case
Media Impact on FoRB and the Tai Ji Men Case
Living by the Truth: Freedom of Expression, Media Manipulation, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Italian political scientist Norberto Bobbio reminded us that press freedom includes the “right to dissent.” The Tai Ji Men case proves that this right may be misused.
Media and Conscience: From Father Ong to Dr. Hong
Father Walter J. Ong reflected on the role of conscience in guiding us through the great transformations in communication. His thoughts resonate with Dr. Hong’s teachings.
United by Difference: Pope Francis and Dr. Hong Tao-Tze. A Personal Memoir
On May 15, 2024, the Grand Master of Tai Ji Men met the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in St. Peter’s—a last and lasting moment.
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.
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“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.
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