my name is chen ruichang. i worked at guangdong tv from 1987 to 2013. inrvier: mr. us a. i was arrested several times. which one are you referring to? (laughs) jason: chen ruichang worked high up in one of china's largest state television networks. he was responsible for research into making government propaganda more persuasive. and chen took up falun gong like i did in 1998 amidst its boom and popularity and favorable coverage in china. but when the persecution began, and the state media that employed chen turned on falun gong, pressure mounted. chen: they all knew i was practicing falun gong. the provinal propaganda dertment said: "guangdong tv is holding a falun gong time bomb." jason: chen was arrested at his workplace and taken to a special reeducation facility specifically for staff of the state media and government. i was in the brainwaing center when the self-immolation aired on tv. they forced us to watch it. newsnchor #1: five infatuated falun gong members set themselves on fire in tiananmen square. as we were watching it, i immediately thought it was fake