I did extensive research into Falun Gong for a thesis. It has actually been practiced in Canada since 1994 with out incident. If you dig back the Chinese regime actually respected, supported and even endorsed Falun Gong for years until Falun Gong refused to allow the regime to control it. They then cracked down on them.  What Falun Gong teaches is actually Buddhist, but it is distorted by the Chinese government. It is then fed to business partners like the Asian Pacific Post to disseminate in the West. Its actually quite disturbing to see how influential the Chinese government can be here in getting us to think their way.