Freedom.

I do not think the Falun Gong have anything to do with the CIA, Makina's quote below, rules that out I believe. 
 
"Falun Gong is a creed based on meditation, compassion and generosity." 
 
I have watched these practitioners very closely at a festival.  
And as I said before I have knowledge of T'ai Chi etc. (I teach it). From my observations, and what you say Makina, I think they are liberated from the mundane, people who really meditate in various traditions gain a certain freedom.  
I can only conclude that the Chinese authorities fear people braking free from their dogmatic hold over their citizens.  
This is nothing new, unique, or special to China. People who wish to control, fear something they cannot control, a refuge they cannot destroy. 
Such people also like to control religions. 
I really cannot see any other feasible explanation. 
 
Mike

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