NEW YORK—Swirling dragon dances, a graceful procession of women in traditional Chinese dress, and the thundering brass and drums of a marching band were highlights of a 1,000-strong march that coursed through the streets of Flushing in Queens on April 23. The event attracted a crowd of onlookers, mostly from the local Chinese community.
The participants—mostly adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, persecuted in its native China—held up bright signs and banners emblazoned with Chinese and English phrases and Falun Gong symbols.
