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Witnessing History: One Chinese Woman's Fight for Freedom
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Zheng (Jennifer) Zeng was a graduate in science from Beijing University. She was a wife, a mother, and a Communist Party member. But because she followed a spiritual practice called Falun Gong, her life in China was shattered. Adhering to the practice's simple tenets of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance, she was amazed that the Party would institute a crack down, arrest h
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Hardcover, 353 pages
Published
May 1st 2006
by Soho Press
(first published March 1st 2005)
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An amazing book, I'm horrified that this sort of treatment of a countries citizens goes on in this day and age.
Thank you Jennifer Zeng for opening my eyes. ...more
Thank you Jennifer Zeng for opening my eyes. ...more
Great story of her journey to Falun Gong and all the hardships she and her fellow compassionate practitioners faced at the hands of the CCP.
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