Fearful of Falun Gong’s popularity as an independent ideology outside the atheistic communist regime’s control, Jiang Zemin, the former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), launched a violent persecution in July 1999 aimed at eradicating the practice

Guo pointed out that since the oligarchic era of ex-leaders of the CCP Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, free forces emerged around the nation, “The CCP has faced two choices: one is to disintegrate, that is to say, to cede power and the communist party

Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the CCP, initiated a nationwide campaign to suppress Falun Gong in 1999, out of fear of the group's popularity. Bao said that Jiang’s persecution is “illegal.”

Former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Nov. 8, 2012.

In 1999, the then-CCP leader Jiang Zemin ordered the eradication of the practice, viewing the practices’ 70 million to 100 million adherents as a threat to the regime’s control.

Zeng is known as the right-hand man of former leader Jiang Zemin.

Guo and Xu were known to be loyal to former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.

After former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, the CCP injected huge amounts of money into prisons and so-called reeducation-through-labor camps, enabling them to imprison large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners

However, then-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin perceived that popularity as a threat to the regime’s totalitarian rule, and launched a violent suppression of Falun Gong adherents on July 20, 1999, in an attempt to eradicate the practice

The Jiangxi Gang is commonly known to be headed by the right-hand man to former CCP leader Jiang Zemin. Political commentator Wang He said that Shen's affiliation to Jiang is obvious.

A Surge in the Assets of Chinese Billionaires and Millionaires A man walks past portraits of (L to R) late CCP chairman Mao Zedong, former Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao, and current president Xi Jinpingin in Yan'an, in China's

However, according to Falun Dafa Infocenter, the CCP authorities, including then-leader Jiang Zemin, saw Falun Gong's popularity as a threat, and on July 20, 1999, initiated a far-reaching campaign of persecution to eradicate the practice.

SJTU is the alma mater of former CCP leader Jiang Zemin. Among the alumni of SJTU are senior CCP officials, including Lu Dingyi, Ding Guangen, and Wang Daohan.

In July 1999, then-Chinese Communist Chinese (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin launched a violent persecution campaign aimed at eradicating the practice, as he viewed its teachings and popularity as a threat to the regime's atheist ideology and totalitarian rule

In fact, its graduates include former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and current leader Xi Jinping. Both graduated from Renmin University with degrees in mechanical engineering.

For instance, in 2001, the publisher of The New York Times had a meeting with Jiang Zemin, the party chief who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong.

Harrowing True Story "Eternal Spring" documents the memories of Daxiong, a Falun Gong practitioner, who fled China after police began cracking down on members of the spiritual group on the order of former CCP leader Jiang Zemin, who perceived Falun

According to Zhong, in the nine years since Xi Jinping took office, the struggle with former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin and former Politburo Standing Committee member Zeng Qinghong has continued, with many anti-Xi officials pulling down from power

Paranoid about the number of adherents, and believing Falun Gong was a threat to its atheist ideology, in July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party under the leadership of Jiang Zemin launched a large-scale persecution with the aim of crushing Falun Gong

The photo shows practitioners doing Falun Gong exercises in front of the Customs House (Xu Shengkun/The Epoch Times) Taking Falun Gong’s popularity in China as a threat to the communist regime, then-CCP leader Jiang Zemin launched a nationwide persecution

Zemin.

Boyu Capital and Jiang Zhicheng Jiang Zhicheng is the son of Jiang Minheng, the eldest son of Jiang Zemin. Like his father, Jiang is one of the "red princelings" of the CCP.

The 2001 Sino‑Russian Treaty of Friendship was signed by former CCP leader Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 16, 2001, and has been in effect since Feb. 28, 2002.

The Communist regime, under Jiang Zemin, started persecuting Falun Gong in 1999. Over the years, the campaign has caused numerous imprisonments and deaths, and resulted in systematic organ harvesting from imprisoned followers. Minghui.org, a U.S.

Then-CCP leader Jiang Zemin, however, perceived that popularity as a threat to the regime’s totalitarian rule, and on July 20, 1999, launched a persecution campaign aimed at eradicating the practice.

He was also a key member of a political faction—known as the "Jiang faction" for its loyalty to former CCP leader Jiang Zemin—that opposes Xi Jinping's leadership. Reuters and Winnie Wu contributed to this report.

As it grew in popularity due to its health benefits during the 1990s, the Chinese Communist Party, under then-leader Jiang Zemin, launched a systematic elimination campaign on July 20, 1999.

There is an ongoing struggle among political factions within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—mostly between Xi and former leader Jiang Zemin. A view of the Hong Kong skyline is pictured on March 26, 2022.

Feeling threatened by its popularity, the CCP and its then-leader, Jiang Zemin, launched a systematic elimination campaign in July 1999.

“These articles that advocate struggles are meant to put pressure on the Jiang Zemin faction,” Jiang Youlu said. “The trouble for Xi Jinping is that he has many enemies within the CCP, especially inside the military.