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Article: China Opposes Possible Asylum for Falun Gong Practitioners: Spokesman
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- February 17, 2000
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China is firmly opposed to any action by the United States to
grant asylum to China's Falun Gong practitioners, Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said at a regular press conference
here today.
Zhu took the position when asked to comment on the statement made
by some officials from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service during their Hong Kong visit that it is possible the United
States would give asylum to the Falun Gong practitioners.
Zhu said that the Falun Gong is the cult that harms the Chinese
people and society, and the Chinese government's lawful ban of the
organization is an effective measure to protect the basic human
rights and freedom of Chinese ...