Gan Jing World

Gan Jing World
Type of site
Video sharing platform
Available inMultilingual
HeadquartersMiddletown, New York, USA
OwnerGanjingworld Corporation
URLwww.ganjingworld.com
LaunchedJuly 4, 2022

Gan Jing World (also written GanJing World; Chinese: 乾净世界) is a New York-based video-sharing and streaming platform. It was founded on July 4, 2022, and is headquartered in Middletown, New York by practitioners of Falun Gong, and is closely associated with the right-wing news organization Epoch Times.[1] In addition to Falun Gong-related content, the site also hosts videos taken from YouTube without the consent or awareness of the original creator. In December 2024, YouTube filed a lawsuit against Gan Jing World over this issue.

Platform

The official website of Falun Gong, Minghui.org, has encouraged people to engage with the website. The site's Falun Gong-related content, such as videos of Shen Yun dance performances and New Tang Dynasty Television media, account for the majority of engagement on the site. Gan Jing World's videos are presented as following a "no violence, no pornography, no crime, and no drugs" policy.[1]

According to the Columbia Journalism Review and Intelligencer, Gan Jing World's other videos are often taken directly from YouTube without the consent or knowledge of the original creators. This includes copyrighted work. A former employee of another Falun Gong-affiliated media group, Epoch Times, has alleged that they were encouraged to pseudonymously repost content to Gan Jing World.[1][2] 404 Media reported in March 2024 that Gan Jing World was not hosting these reposted videos directly, but was linking to embedded videos on YouTube's servers. YouTube described this as a violation of their terms-of-service which harmed creators, and issued a cease and desist letter to Gan Jing World.[3] Following this letter, Gan Jing World only removed channels which were provided as examples in the letter without changing its practices. In April, YouTube sent a second letter, with Gan Jing World again removing examples while denying an wrongdoing. In December 2024, YouTube sued Gan Jing World, alleging mass copying of content for commercial purposes, and violation of California unfair competition laws.[4] As of April 2025, the lawsuit was ongoing, with Gan Jing World accusing opposing lawyer Wilson Sonsini of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati of being a "Chinese puppet", which Sonsini described as a baseless conspiracy theory which was "beneath the dignity of the bar".[5]

The site also offers members only content, a paid course, and sells books about Falun Gong.[2][6]

A press release from the company said that as of December 2025, it had surpassed 100 million unique visitors across North America, Asia, and Europe.[7]

Background

This paragraph is an excerpt from Falun Gong.[edit]

Falun Gong,[a] also called Falun Dafa,[b] is a new religious movement founded by Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Today, Falun Gong has its global headquarters in Dragon Springs, a 173-hectare (427-acre) compound in Deerpark, New York, United States, near the residence of Li.[9][10][11][12]

Headquarters

The company's primary facility is located at 33 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York.[13] The organization and the property are part of a network of Falun Gong-affiliated companies and organizations in the town, including New Tang Dynasty television, Epoch Times, and the Shen Yun performing arts group.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ UK: /ˌfɑːlʊn ˈɡɒŋ, ˌfæl-, -ˈɡʊŋ/ FAH-lun GONG, FAL-, -⁠GUUNG, US: /- ˈɡɔːŋ/ -⁠GAWNG[8]
  2. ^ /ˈdɑːfə/ DAH-fə; lit. 'Dharma Wheel Practice'

References

  1. ^ a b c Gotfredsen, Sarah Grevy (March 19, 2024). "Unpacking Gan Jing World". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Bredderman, William (August 14, 2024). "The Little Town Being Taken Over by Falun Gong". Intelligencer. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  3. ^ Maiberg, Emanuel; Koebler, Jason (March 27, 2024). "YouTube Issues Cease and Desist to Bizarre Chinese YouTube Clone". 404 Media. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  4. ^ Spangler, Todd (December 18, 2024). "YouTube Sues Gan Jing World, Accusing Video Site of 'Stealing' Content to 'Create a Clone of YouTube'". Variety. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  5. ^ "Falun Gong-associated video platform accuses Wilson Sonsini of being a Chinese puppet". Daily Journal. Daily Journal Corporation. April 18, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  6. ^ Qin, Abby Youran; Xiao, Fan; Dai, Linjie (November 5, 2025). "Tell China's conspiracy well: Networks and narratives of anti-CCP YouTube conspiracy theorists". Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. doi:10.1177/13548565251392612.
  7. ^ "People News". People News Today. March 10, 2026. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  8. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1405881180.
  9. ^ Junker 2019, pp. 33, 99, 101
  10. ^ van der Made, Jan (2019-05-13). "Shen Yun: Fighting Communism – and making a stack on the side". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  11. ^ Zadrozny, Brandy; Collins, Ben (20 August 2019). "Trump, QAnon and an impending judgment day: Behind the Facebook-fueled rise of The Epoch Times". NBC News. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  12. ^ Campbell, Eric; Cohen, Hagar (2020-07-20). "The power of Falun Gong". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  13. ^ "Gan Jing World - Technology for Humanity | Video & Movie Streaming". Gan Jing World. April 3, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
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