Under the rule of then-leader Jiang Zemin, the CCP launched a far-reaching campaign of persecution against the practice in 1999, which continues to this day.

Falun Gong is a peaceful spiritual practice that is popular around the world and has been persecuted by the CCP for 24 years, ever since its former leader Jiang Zemin initiated the persecution in July 1999.

Leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have no scruples about killing their citizens to preserve power, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said as he reflected on the recent death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.

Jiang Mianheng, son of former Chinese communist leader Jiang Zemin, hosts the 2011 annual work meeting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

China’s average annual GDP growth rate under Yang Shangkun (1988–1993) was 8.6 percent; under Jiang Zemin (1993–2002), it was 9.8 percent; and under Hu Jintao (2002–2012), it was 10.4 percent.

The sale took place when Liu Chuanzhi was the CEO and Jiang Mianheng, the son of the communist regime former leader Jiang Zemin, was one of the vice presidents in CAS.

Zeng, a notable princeling—whose father, Zeng Shan, was a Party elder—has been a staunch supporter of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.

Since former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jiang Zemin launched the persecution campaign against Falun Gong in 1999, numerous families have been torn apart, leaving too many orphans and children wondering what happened to their parents and

However, then-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin perceived the practice's popularity as a threat to the regime's totalitarian control. In July 1999, he initiated a nationwide mass arrest and persecution campaign with the aim of eradicating the practice.

In 1999, then-CCP head Jiang Zemin ordered for the eradication of the practice after the number of its practitioners surpassed the membership of the Party, claiming it was “a threat to the country’s stability.”

"The foundation for China’s dominance of Africa was established in 2000 when President Jiang Zemin proposed the creation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to facilitate Chinese investments in African countries."

“Jiang Zemin, his political opponent, is still very powerful. In order to consolidate his rule, Xi has been purging officials in Jiang’s faction. For instance, he has replaced the commander of the Western Theater Command four times this year.”

The 610 Office is an extra-legal body set up on June 10, 1999, by former CCP leader Jiang Zemin to specifically “eradicate” Falun Gong believers. It was named according to the date it was established.

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Former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin viewed Falun Gong’s popularity as a threat to the regime’s rule, and in July 1992 launched a persecution campaign with the intention of eradicating the practice.

In 1999, then-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who deemed Falun Gong's booming popularity as a threat to the Party's control, ordered a severe campaign to eradicate the discipline, resulting in millions of adherents being thrown into detention, where they

Yuan's connections, who also lived in Macau and worked within the CCP system, described Chau as an undercover asset agent for the Party's elites, especially for the families of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and his close ally, Zeng Qinghong, according

Falun Gong practitioners march to show their support for the global lawsuit action against China's former leader Jiang Zemin in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 4, 2015.

Fearing that the movement would pose a threat to the Chinese regime’s rule, then-paramount leader Jiang Zemin launched a brutal campaign to eradicate the faith in July 1999.

of Jiang Zemin.

At that time, a faction aligned with former CCP leader Jiang Zemin was still very strong, and Xi was in a precarious situation.

(Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times) The CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong was launched by then CCP leader Jiang Zemin, who regarded the popularity of Falun Gong as a threat to his rule and the Party.

K., the "Shanghai Gang"—a political faction loyal to former Chinese dictator and Xi Jinping rival Jiang Zemin—is behind Wang's appointment. The “Shanghai gang” is thought to be tightly controlled by Jiang's eldest son, Jiang Mianheng.

The persecution was launched in 1999 by then-CCP leader Jiang Zemin, who died in November last year.

These would be the faction under Xi Jinping, the head of the Party, and another faction led by former Party leader Jiang Zemin.

According to these reports, after Falun Gong, a spiritual meditation practice, was targeted for “elimination” by then-leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jiang Zemin in 1999, tens of thousands of practitioners were thrown into labor camps and

Xi's sweeping purge is targeting a rival faction within the CCP, headed by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, and its associated companies, according to an Oct. 18 report from Secret China.

CCP leader Jiang Zemin perceived that popularity as a threat to the totalitarian rule of the CCP, which is officially atheistic.

Xi’s political opponents in the Party–the Communist Youth League faction and the remnants of the Jiang Zemin faction–are still ubiquitous except in the highest ranks since the purge at the recent 19th Congress.

Xi has purged a large number of people from the faction of former CCP head Jiang Zemin in his nearly 10 years in power, offending many people, and as a result, there is a huge anti-Xi force in the party, Ji said.