Extracts.
Falun Gong Followers Taken out of Tiananmen Square
Some stubborn Falun Gong cult followers, who
illegally disturbed the public order at Tiananmen
Square Sunday morning, were taken away by the local
police.
The cult followers, instigated by Li Hongzhi and
other Falun Gong activists outside China, aimed to
dampen the harmonious atmosphere of the National Day
celebrations there, the police source said.
To ensure order on the Square, the local police
sprung into action and took these trouble-makers out
of the Square.
The Square soon resumed its normal order and tourists
continued to enjoy themselves there.
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Chinese FM Protests Vatican "Canonization"
Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement October 1
to express its "utmost indignation" and "strong
protest" against a "canonization" ceremony held by
the Vatican.
Following is the full text of the statement:
In disregard of the strong opposition of the Chinese
side, the Vatican held on October 1 a ceremony for
the "canonization" of a number of foreign
missionaries and their followers, who committed
notorious crimes in China. The Government, people and
the Catholic Church of China hereby express their
utmost indignation and strong protest against this
matter.
As is known to all, some foreign Catholic
missionaries were the very perpetrators and
accomplices in colonialist and imperialist invasion
of China in the contemporary history. Some of those
canonized by the Vatican this time perpetrated
outrages such as raping and looting in China and
committed unforgivable crimes against the Chinese
people. With regard to these crimes, the Vatican has
never repented. Instead, it has now gone so far as to
canonize these evil-doing sinners. This is a flagrant
provocation against the Chinese people, an act aimed
at reversing the verdict on the history of
colonialist and imperialist invasion of China, and a
gross insult to the Chinese people' patriotic
resistance against foreign aggression and oppression.
In doing so, the Vatican has seriously hurt the
national pride and dignity of the Chinese people.
The Vatican, while expressing its intention to
improve its relations with China, has time and again
gone against its own commitment to non-interference
in China's internal affairs and that on the question
of Taiwan. Now it has stubbornly insisted on the
canonization, which has severely damaged the very
basis of the normalization of China-Vatican
relations. It will exert a grave negative impact on
the normalization process. The Vatican should be held
responsible for all this.
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