User:HappyInGeneral/Falun Gong related sources
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== Some kind of categorization, like primary, secondary, high reliability==
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- == Primary Sources ==
- These are self published sources, these usually should be collaborated with "Secondary Sources" otherwise they should not have place in this encyclopedia, per WP:NOTABILITY. Also see discussion here.
- == Secondary Sources ==
- == Highly Reliable Sources ==
- WP:RS + recognized experts in their field
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[edit]Secondary Sources
[edit]Falun Gong's Challenge to China
[edit]- Link: Falun Gong's Challenge to China, page 65, Chapter 5: Li Hongzhi and the Falun Gong "network"
- Author: Danny Schechter
- Quotes:
- On organizational structure: "China scholar W.T. Liu calls Falun Gong a "non-organization organization." His essay pamphlet, "The Mystery of China's Falun Gong,” cites the group’s use of the Internet to facilitate „a core of believers directing a mass of followers.” He adds that the elusive structure of Falun Gong has created an unprecedented fear for the leaders in Beijing. Communist cadres know how to deal with organizations ... But how does one deal with a non-group?” The practice’s apparent decentralization may be deliberate and may, in fact, be responsible for its remarkable survival in the face of such organized attacks. A highly centralized organization is easier to penetrate and distrupt than a fluid non-organized entity held together by shared beliefs. "
Now Toronto: Falun Gong goes to war
[edit]- Link: http://www.nowtoronto.com/print.cfm?content=146197 (PDF)
- Author: Sigcino Moyo
- Quotes:
- "Barry Beyerstein, a psychology prof and cult expert at Simon Fraser University, is clear that the Gong displays none of the typical characteristics – psychological, financial or physical coercion or deceptive recruiting practices. "They’ve don’t fit the profile," he says. Certainly, the Gong are not without influential backers."