(Clearwisdom.net) It has been 60 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power and forced its tyranny on a nation whose history stretches back five thousand years. It has been ten years since it launched the persecution against Falun Gong. On October 1, 2009, the 60th anniversary of the CCP's rise to power, practitioners in Manchester demonstrated and did group exercises in front of the Chinese Consulate to expose the CCP's crimes.

Falun Gong practitioners have been holding activities in front of the Chinese Consulate in Manchester year round. They said today was an important day, as they were there to protest the CCP's lies and to support practitioners and others being persecuted in China.