Revenge of the Forbidden City

Revenge of the Forbidden City: The Suppression of the Falungong in China, 1999-2005 is a 2009 book by James W. Tong, published by Oxford University Press.

[1] Gerda Wielander, in The China Quarterly, stated "It is almost impossible to convey the sheer wealth of sources and documents that were analysed for this book.

[4] The beginning of the book shows Jiang Zemin's negative reception of the mass gathering of the Falun Gong in 1999.

[7] Cheris Shun-ching Chan[note 1] of the University of Hong Kong wrote that "much needed insights " and that it "captures the processes through which the Chinese authorities executed its anti-Falungong campaign.

[8] James T. Richardson of the University of Nevada, Reno stated the book "is well worth the cost".