By Damian Robin
The intricately patterned Oxford Town Hall is the latest UK venue for the The Art of Zhen Shan Ren, a continuous international tour of prize-winning paintings, which opened on March 14.
The title of the exhibition includes the Chinese words for Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance, which are the foundation of Falun Gong, a worldwide form of meditation still banned in China.
Since it was first shown in 2004, the exhibition has reached most capitals of the world, though not Beijing, the capital of the country where Falun Gong, also know as Falun Dafa, began in 1992. The Chinese regime continues to torture and brainwash adherents of the practice and has spent billions of yuan to keep knowledge of the persecution repressed.
Lord Mayor of Oxford City, Councilor Mohammed Abbasi, said, “I didn’t know anything about it before … the way they have expressed their stories is remarkable”…