Falun Gong Practitioner 'Will Never Ever Go Back To Mainland China'

A Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner who was detained by Chinese authorities in June said yesterday he was forced to make a confession to certain crimes in exchange for gaining his release and return to Taiwan. “I will never ever go back to China, even though Chinese officials asked me to visit again, assuring my personal safety,” Chung Ting-pang vowed. 

Taiwan and China split in 1949 at the end of a civil war.                                                                                                                              ABOUT FALUN GONG                                                                                                                                                                  The teachings of Falun Gong are based on the principles of zhēn 眞, shàn 善 and rěn 忍 (which translate approximately as truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance) articulated in the two main books Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun. Falun Gong is an introductory book that discusses qigong, introduces the aforementioned principles, and provides illustrations and explanations of exercises for meditation. Zhuan Falun is considered the central and most comprehensive exposition on the teachings of Falun Gong.

According to the book Falun Gong, “Fǎlún” (Buddha Fǎ) is a great, high-level cultivation way of the Buddha School (different from Buddhism), in which assimilation to the supreme nature of the universe, Zhen-Shan-Ren, is the foundation of cultivation practice.” In this concept, “cultivation” refers to upgrading one’s xīnxìng (mind-nature) through abandoning negative attachments and assimilating oneself to “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance”. “Practice” refers to the five meditative exercises that are said to purify and transform one’s body. Cultivation is considered essential, and the exercises are said to supplement the process of improving oneself .                                                                                                                                                 SOURCE http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2012/08/14/350875/Released-Falun.htm and http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/307540/taiwan-man-says-forced-to-show-remorse-in-china