Becoming Activists in Global China: Social Movements in the Chinese Diaspora by Andrew Junker (review).

The resilience and tenacity of Falun Gong as a political protest movement in the transnational space, and the secrecy surrounding Falun Gong as an opaque charismatic cult, make the sociological study of Falun Gong particularly difficult. In just about 200 pages, the author not only weaved together a detailed account of two organized social movements, but also analyzed them through a comparative lens addressing a question that has puzzled many, "Why did Falun Gong outperform diaspora Minyun as a "modern social movement"?". [Extracted from the article]