(Clearwisdom.net) Minghui/Clearwisdom website correspondents Wang Ying and Kerry Huang report from Oakland: The annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Street Fair sponsored by Oakland Business Association was held on two consecutive days August 27-28, 2005 in Oakland's Chinatown. In order to let more people learn about the facts of Falun Gong, Falun Gong practitioners from San Francisco and the Bay Area participated in the street fair and set up a booth. People passing by in steady streams often stopped and read truth-clarification display boards placed in front of the booth. Many people had conversations with practitioners to learn more about the facts.
People passing by in steady streams stop and carefully read Falun Gong truth
clarification display boards and materials
People passing by in steady streams stop and carefully read Falun Gong truth
clarification display boards and materials
People passing by in steady streams stop and carefully read Falun Gong truth
clarification display boards and materials
Two older people from Guangdong Province, China came to the practitioners' both and said, "Under the CCP propaganda, many people still misunderstand Falun Gong. Actually, no one should be biased. Everyone should be open-minded to learn about the facts of Falun Gong. You've done quite well, and should keep it up and let more people understand you." They then took all kinds of truth clarification materials and left.
A woman said that she had heard about Falun Gong, and she had seen practitioners' peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco, but she was puzzled why the CCP persecutes Falun Gong. Practitioners told her that more than 100 million people practiced Falun Gong, but the head of the CCP Jiang suppressed Falun Gong out of his jealousy. Nearly 3,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been verified to have died as a result of the persecution. After hearing all this, she said that she hoped Falun Gong can ultimately succeed.
A man from Peru watched carefully a painting depicting a police officer burning a practitioner who is hung up with a lit cigarette butt. The man said that he used to be Peruvian police, and he said the CCP's police are too malevolent.
Exercise demonstration
Clarifying the truth
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Oakland is a big city, located east of San Francisco. As estimated by the sponsor, the annual street fair attracts at least 200,000 people each year, and it is one of the biggest street fairs in the area. Falun Gong practitioners have set up a stall in the annual street fair every year since 2000. Many people said that they had heard about Falun Gong. Many people were shocked that such a serious persecution was happening in modern society. Some people expressed that they wanted to learn Falun Gong.
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