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Before the crackdown, Falun Gong was well received by the public. The above photos show 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners participating in the government sponsored 1998 Asian Sports Festival in Shenyang City, Northern China.

On April 25, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered around Zhongnanhai, the Chinese government complex, peacefully and orderly appealing to the authorities to release the practitioners arrested in nearby city Tianjin, to restore the publication of Zhuan Falun, and to allow people to practice Falun Gong without being harassed.