Falun

/ ˌfɑːˈlʌn /

noun

China in the limelight with its magic act making Uighurs, dissidents, Falun Gong and weibo blogs disappear without a trace.

In 1999 the party launched a wide-ranging crackdown against the outlawed quasi-Buddhist Falun Gong sect.

She transformed "Falun" into an abode of comparative cheerfulness, and brightened up the house in a most astonishing manner.

He settled down at 'Falun,' his country-house, and devoted himself to research-work: as far as she would let him.

Within the town boundary is the famous Falun copper-mine, formerly the richest in Sweden, and worked for 500 years.

He took charge of the boys and, when the trip was ended, started a school at Falun, where he taught mineralogy.

The so-called “Gothenburg System” of municipal control over the sale of spirits was actually devised at Falun as early as 1850.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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