The Chinese Communist Party begins a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Falun_Gong" id="mwAYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Persecution of Falun Gong">persecution</a> campaign against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong" id="mwAYU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Falun Gong">Falun Gong</a>, arresting thousands nationwide.