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The Battle for China's Spirit: Falun Gong

Freedom House, 2017

Freedom House's 2017 report on Falun Gong and religious freedom in China, stating that "a reasonable estimate of the minimum number of people in China practicing Falun Gong today would fall in the range of 7 to 10 million, while overseas Falun Gong sources have estimated that the total is 20 to 40 million."

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
An established human rights research organization's field-researched report, offering its own reasoned minimum estimate alongside overseas advocates' considerably higher claim, both stated as estimates rather than counts; independent of both the Chinese government and the Falun Gong movement itself, though methodologically an analytical estimate rather than a census or survey.
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Publisher
Freedom House
Publication Year
2017
URL
https://freedomhouse.org/report/2017/battle-china-spirit-falun-gong-religious-freedom
Source Type
Report
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China, Countries

This source names China directly: "on Falun Gong and religious freedom in China, stating that "a reasonable estimate of the minimum number of people in China practicing Falun Gong today would fall in the range of 7 to 10 million..."

Source The Battle for China's Spirit: Falun Gong
Falun Gong, Religions

This source names Falun Gong directly: "Freedom House's 2017 report on Falun Gong and religious freedom in China, stating that "a reasonable estimate of the minimum number of people in China practicing Falun Gong today would fall in the..."

Source The Battle for China's Spirit: Falun Gong
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Religious Events, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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