China fights spiritual movement

BEIJING (AP) - The very "prosperity and stability" of modern China is at stake in the battle against the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, the communist government in Beijing is warning as it promises to renew the fight.
In a lengthy commentary carried late Sunday night on the official Xinhua News Agency, authorities called for a "fight until the end" against Falun Gong, which has repeatedly angered the government in recent months by hacking into Chinese television satellite signals and broadcasting its own messages.

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The Falun Gong movement has attracted millions of followers with a mix of traditional Chinese calisthenics and doctrines drawn from Buddhism, Taoism and the ideas of its founder, Li Hongzhi, a former Chinese government clerk.