Brainwashing
In the persecution of Falun Gong, brainwashing is one of the primary tools used to "transform" practitioners, or, in other words, to force them to renounce their faith in the teachings of Falun Gong.
Because brainwashing directly targets the heart and mind, its effects are often even more devastating to the lives of its victims than physical torture. At the same time, physical torture is widely used to help coerce the recipient to accept the brainwashing.
The techniques are designed to take over the person's mind and replace high-level spiritual principles such as Truth-Compassion-Forbearance with Communist Party doctrines.
When practitioners are deemed suitably brainwashed, their living conditions in captivity are improved, physical torture is reduced or terminated, and their sentences may also be reduced. They may even be set free. For those who persevere in their faith, the torture and brainwashing continue, and practitioners who successfully resist being "transformed" often have their prison or labor camp terms arbitrarily extended.
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May 27, 2023Exposing the Crimes Committed in Yangquan City Brainwashing Center
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April 10, 2022The Mental Exploitation of Falun Gong Practitioners at Shandong Province Women’s Prison
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Nov. 23, 2021Wuhan City, Hubei Province: Brainwashing Centers Set Up Targeting Falun Gong Practitioners
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Oct. 26, 2021Wuhan Authorities Build New Brainwashing Centers in Bid to Eradicate Falun Gong
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Oct. 17, 2021Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province: Falun Gong Practitioners Forced to Attend Brainwashing Sessions
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April 3, 2021Authorities in Linfen City, Shanxi Province Hold Brainwashing Classes against Falun Gong Practitioners
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March 1, 2021Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in Guangdong Province “Legal Education Center”
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Feb. 19, 2021Chinese Authorities Holding Brainwashing Sessions for Falun Gong Practitioners
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Nov. 28, 2020Zhenbai Li’s Speech at the UK House of Parliament—Brainwashing, Persecution of Belief
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Aug. 20, 2020Victim’s Personal Account Sheds Light on Torture Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in a Wuhan Brainwashing Facility
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Oct. 13, 2019Ningbo, Zhejiang Province: Five Falun Gong Practitioners Held in Brainwashing Center Prior to Communist Regime's National Day Celebration
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March 22, 2019Hubei Province Continues to Hold Falun Gong Practitioners at Brainwashing Centers
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Feb. 18, 2019Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in Xinjin Brainwashing Center
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April 25, 2017Brainwashing Tactics Used at Guangzhou Legal Education Center
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June 25, 2016Falun Gong Practitioners Being Sent to Brainwashing Centers
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April 14, 2016610 Office in Dehui City Force Falun Gong Practitioners into Brainwashing Sessions
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Dec. 19, 2015Abandoned Toll Station Turned into Brainwashing Center for Falun Gong
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Nov. 3, 2015Shijiazhuang City Brainwashing Centers Still Persecuting Falun Gong Practitioners
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June 16, 2015Village Official on Women's Committee Paid to Fill Quota for Brainwashing Camp
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Feb. 7, 2015I Was Unaffected by Brainwashing Tactics
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Dec. 21, 2014Critically Ill Woman Subjected to Brainwashing in Prison
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Dec. 13, 2014Ten-Year-Old Among Hundreds Detained in Beijing Brainwashing Centers
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Dec. 3, 2014Changchun Brainwashing Center Seeks to "Transform" Falun Gong Practitioners
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Nov. 1, 2014Details Revealed: Brainwashing Center Associated with September Arrests of Over 30
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Oct. 1, 2014A Minghui Whitepaper - Brainwashing: China's Hidden Industry
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Sept. 22, 2014Hebei Woman Sent to Brainwashing Center Again after Nine Years in Prison
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Sept. 10, 2014Senior Citizen Beaten in Public, Sent for Brainwashing (Photo)
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Aug. 2, 2014Officers from Dismantled Labor Camp Regroup to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 16, 2014A Close Look at the Brainwashing Industry in China: Policies, Funding, and Scale
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July 1, 2014New Brainwashing Center Set Up in a Middle School
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June 22, 2014Black Jail Profile: Hubei Brainwashing Center
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June 19, 2014Torture and Killing of Falun Gong Practitioners Continues in Brainwashing Centers in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
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June 15, 2014Crimes Committed Against Falun Gong Practitioners in Dianzi Brainwashing Center
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June 11, 2014At Least Six Practitioners from Sanhe City Illegally Detained at the Langfang Brainwashing Center
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June 1, 2014Hebei Province: Brainwashing Center Director Yuan Shuqian's Evil Deeds
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April 19, 2014Practitioners Tell of Their Ordeals in Qinglongshan Brainwashing Center
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April 18, 2014Crimes Committed Inside Dianzi Brainwashing Center (Photos)
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March 10, 2014Ms. Liu Rangying Recounts “Stretching” Torture and Other Abuses at Qinglongshan Brainwashing Center
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Feb. 25, 2014Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang: 610 Office Brainwashes Good People
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Feb. 23, 2014Persecution Continues in Brainwashing Centers in Jiangjin District, Chongqing
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Feb. 14, 2014A System Designed to Destroy a Person Mind and Soul – A Case Study – Xinjin Brainwashing Center (Part 3 of 3)
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Feb. 13, 2014A System Designed to Destroy a Person's Mind and Soul - A Case Study – Xinjin Brainwashing Center (Part 2 of 3)
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Feb. 8, 2014A System Designed to Destroy a Person Mind and Soul - A Case Study – Xinjin Brainwashing Center (Part 1 of 3)
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Feb. 4, 2014Insights Into a Brainwashing Center in the Xianning City Forced Labor Camp
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Jan. 31, 2014Firsthand Account: Torture and Brainwashing in a Shanghai Prison
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Jan. 23, 2014Retired Teacher Ordered to Pay for a Brainwashing Session
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Jan. 20, 2014Songhualing Brainwashing Center: Persecution Behind Closed Doors
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Jan. 13, 2014Lawyers Publicly Call on Brainwashing Center to Release Falun Gong Practitioners (Photos)
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Jan. 12, 2014Crimes Committed in the Huadian City Brainwashing Center
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Jan. 6, 2014New Round of Persecution Initiated by the 610 Office in Urumqi City
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Nov. 14, 2013The Deceitful Tactics Used in Brainwashing Centers
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Nov. 6, 2013Mudanjiang Brainwashing Center Decommissioned
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Nov. 4, 2013Five Falun Gong Practitioners Detained in Shahezi Brainwashing Center
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Oct. 16, 2013610 Offices Systematically Brainwash Falun Gong Practitioners
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Oct. 8, 2013Atrocities Committed in the Chinese Communist Regime's Brainwashing Facilities
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Oct. 5, 2013Ms. Zhang Yisu Being Held at a Brainwashing Center
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Sept. 30, 2013Weifang City Officials Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners to Extort Money from Them (Photos)
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Sept. 15, 2013Details about Qinglongshan Brainwashing Center
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Aug. 30, 2013The Mental Persecution I Suffered at the Beijing Huyu Brainwashing Center
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March 14, 2013The Maoming City 610 Office Brainwashing Center
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March 10, 2013Psychological Counseling - The Chinese Communist Party’s Insidious Brainwashing Tactic
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Feb. 17, 2013Crimes Committed in Zhucheng Brainwashing Center in Weifang City, Shandong Province
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Dec. 25, 2012Remote Resort Turned into a Brainwashing Center (Photos)
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Oct. 26, 2012Crimes Committed at the Hubei Province “Law Education Center”
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Sept. 23, 2012The “Transformation Group” and Brainwashing Center at Hunan Women's Prison
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June 22, 2012Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to Brainwashing in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison Before Being Released
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June 16, 2012New Brainwashing Center Established by Political and Legal Affairs Committee in Xianning City
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May 31, 2012The Shenzhen City Brainwashing Center Remains Active in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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April 8, 2012Crimes of Brainwashing Committed at Meizhou Prison in Guangdong Province
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March 26, 2012Officials from Dandong and Donggang 610 Office Held Brainwashing Sessions to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
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March 8, 2012The “Advocation Science School” in Suining City, Sichuan Province Is Actually a Brainwashing Center
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Nov. 13, 2010Mr. Liu Yuanbo from Chenxi County, Hunan Province, Taken to the Huaihua Brainwashing Center Again
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Nov. 10, 2010Mr. Li Hongyu from the Bijie Area in Guizhou Province Held in a Brainwashing Facility
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Nov. 5, 2010A Staged "Informal Meeting" Takes Place at Longkou City Brainwashing Center in Shandong Province, in an Effort to Slander Falun Gong (Photos)
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Nov. 2, 2010Sichuan Brainwashing Camp Using Noise to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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Oct. 23, 2010Falun Gong Practitioners Force-fed Nerve-Damaging Drugs at Huaihua Brainwashing Center
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Oct. 18, 2010Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Sifeng Taken to Brainwashing Center Again
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Oct. 17, 2010Euphemistically Referred to as the "House of Love" by Corrupt Authorities, Nanjing Brainwashing Center Continues to Cause Much Harm
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Aug. 31, 2009Zhuang Zepeng from Shantou City Sent to Brainwashing Center After Completing Eight-Year Prison Term
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Aug. 22, 2009Guangzhou Practitioner Huang Feng Detained in Brainwashing Center in Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
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July 3, 2009Li Guochen Taken to Brainwashing Facility the Day of His Release from Labor Camp
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Feb. 24, 2005Uncovering Criminals in China's Radio and TV Broadcasting Network
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Nov. 1, 2004Epoch Times: Report Details Degree of Brainwashing in China (Photo)
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April 8, 2002Successful Rescue of Zhao Ming from a Labour Camp in China
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April 5, 2002The Radiance of an Enlightened Being -- The Story of Zhao Ming
