  == Controversial figure ==  Without simply dismissing anything the Chinese government says as a hoax or a fabrication, at least some justice can be done in the intro section regarding Li being a controversial figure. The entire article basically tries to prove Li as a truly benevolent human being if not some supernatural person or force.   I suggest the following to be put in the intro:  Since the search warrant issued by the Chinese government, Li Hongzhi has been residing in the United States. He remains a controversial figure both inside and outside China. While his image is largely positive in the West, Chinese religious experts as well as the Chinese government have criticized Li for what they consider illegitimate practices.  This version reflects NPOV more than the version I planned to put up:  Since the search warrant issued by the Chinese government, Li has sought asylum in the United States, using China's terrible human rights record as a tool to let him continue his residence in the US and spread his teachings in a less confrontational manner than his preaching inside China. His practice of Falun Gong, although followed by many people, has been long subject to controversy both inside and outside of China. Many religious experts specializing in Taoism and Buddhism dismiss his teachings as simplistic, skewed, and fraudulent. The Chinese government have branded Li an evil cult leader.  But of course, I am a dog of the CPC, I am but their overseas mouthpiece.  The following, then, is obviously not true because anything the CPC says is to be unquestionably considered bullshit:  :According to the Beijing Review report, in the period of 1970-78 Li worked as a trumpet player at a PLA stud farm and Jilin Provincial Forest Armed Police department. Then for the next four years he was an attendant at the hostel of the Jilin Provincial Forest Armed Police department. Starting from 1982 Li worked in the security department of the Changchun Cereals and Oil Co. In 1992, Li quit his job and began to propagate the Falun Gong practice and spiritual teachings to the general public in China.  I'm just wondering, if the official CPC version of his biography is general bullshit, then the Falun Gong biography of him must be completely true. Or is it? Is it all true? Oh someone please help me answer this question through my talk page (and while doing that please do not try to convert me).   I can only express at this moment that the people who edit this article will at least consider my intro. Or at least insert something in there that says he is a controversial figure, and then provide both sides of the story, instead of having an article trying to prove his omnipotence.  I am, of course, ignorant and probably doomed. Master Li is great. Oh well, Peter Popoff will come and protect me.  + 