The Enemy Within | Correspondent

Duration: 44'27''

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Phil Rees reports on Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual movement rooted in Taoism and Buddhism. The Chinese government regards it as the most serious threat to its authority since the foundation of the Communist state in 1949.

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