00:00And after this new president came in, Xi Jinping, then it took a very big, what we say, hit, you
00:07know, we could not do anything.
00:09And once we were doing program in a house, even in a house, you know, private house, they raided us.
00:14We have also the Bhagavad Gita in Chinese. We also have the Bhagavad Gita in Chinese. We have many books
00:20also in Chinese.
00:21That's amazing, Prabhuji, that you have expanded in the Mailnet China as well.
00:26How difficult was it, you know, what are the challenges you faced?
00:29Actually, the previous president, when he was there, I forgot his name, things were more relaxed and it was easy.
00:37For example, in the year, I think, 2014, 2015, 2016, three years in a row, we managed to do a
00:44Ratayatra on the streets of Guangzhou.
00:47That's very amazing to do a Ratayatra in China. Nobody did it.
00:51And after this new president came in, Xi Jinping, then it took a very big, what we say, hit, you
00:58know,
00:58we could not do anything. They were having cameras everywhere. They were stopping everything we were doing.
01:04Especially being an Indian, going into the country, we stand out like a sore thumb, you know, so they can
01:09see us everywhere.
01:10And once we were doing program in a house, even in a house, you know, private house, they raided us.
01:15So we had to pretty much curb our preaching activities there.
01:20So now it is a little bit of a challenge, actually.
01:24Because we are not giving up. We have to change our tactics and way of cooking.
01:29For example, we invite the Chinese to come to Singapore and participate in our big festivals.
01:35So that way that gives them a lot of what we say enthusiasm, seeing the scale in which Krishna consciousness
01:42is at.
01:43Because there it's all small and we are trying to hide everything and everything is, you know, very cautiously done.
01:50Whereas here in Singapore, we are very open, very vibrant, getting so many people.
01:55So that gives a lot of, I say, enthusiasm, encouragement to them.
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