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...that its followers believe promotes spiritual and moral well-being, and cures illness. Although many of its practices are simply a variation on the age-old Chinese Qi Gong belief, the authorities may be particularly threatened by the practitioners? fierce loyalty to the group?s New York-based founder, Li Hongzhi. The Communist party presents itself as the country?s supreme moral authority, and isn?t about to tolerate competition ?- particularly from a group whose leader believes computers, airplanes and other symptoms of modernity were introduced by aliens seeking to enslave the human spirit. Which is a problem for Beijing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alarmed, Beijing Bans a Massive Religious Sect | 7/21/1999 | See Source »

...government is different in some respects. More important, China is freer, wealthier and more open. At this critical moment, with the spy scandal and the embassy bombing, Sino-American relations have dropped to their lowest point ever. To salvage the relationship, don't contain China, embrace her. MOSES LI Charlotte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 28, 1999 | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...Patty Li '02 is a Crimson editor spending the summer in Cambridge...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...Patty Li '02 is a Crimson editor spending the summer in Cambridge...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: What's in a Song? | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Legend has it that the 8th century Chinese poet Li Po, drunk with wine, tried to embrace the moon reflected in a lake. He drowned in the clutch. He should have continued to embrace tales of flesh and blood instead of the surreal. For it is heroes--through their triumphs and follies--who teach us how to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heroes And Icons | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

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