gong
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1. gong - Noun
2. gong - Verb
3. Gong - Proper noun
Meaning
A privy or jakes.
An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.
A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell.
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14,474 cases are classified by different methods of torture, according to Tong (Falun Gong agencies document over 63,000 individual cases of torture).
A 2018 gathering in Taiwan for practitioners of Falun Gong, which backs The Epoch Times.
According to John Powers and Meg Y. M. Lee, because the Falun Gong was categorized in the popular perception as an "apolitical, qigong exercise club," it was not seen as a threat to the government.
According to Hu Ping, "Falun Gong deals only with purifying the individual through exercise, and does not touch on social or national concerns.
According to Zhao, Falun Gong practitioners have established a "resistance identity"—one that stands against prevailing pursuits of wealth, power, scientific rationality, and "the entire value system associated with China's project of modernization."
Adherence to and cultivation of these virtues is regarded as a fundamental part of Falun Gong practice.