Wikipedia doesn&#x27;t make them sound so bad - &quot;three central tenets of the belief are Truthfulness (真, Zhēn), Compassion (善, Shàn), and Forbearance&quot;<p>The troubles seem to stem from &quot;April 1999, when over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered peacefully near the central government compound in Beijing to request legal recognition and freedom from state interference.&quot;<p>I guess peaceful demonstrations against the state are going to get you tiananmen squared over there.