usually chinese govement puts more efforts to try finding out and dealing with inside hand rather than foreign hand.
The inside hand leads to outside hand!
Just like what China claimed about the Falung Gong.
It enjoyed considerable support from Chinese officialdom, by the mid- to late-1990s, the Communist Party
Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong in May 1992, in Changchun, Jilin Province
Li toured major cities in China from 1992 to 1994 to teach the practice. He was granted a number of awards by PRC governmental organizations.
In 1993, a publication of the Ministry of Public Security praised Li for "promoting the traditional crime-fighting virtues of the Chinese people, in safeguarding social order and security, and in promoting rectitude in society."
Yet, it is when China Qigong Science Research Association (CQRS) issued a new regulation mandating that all qigong denominations establish a Communist Party branch and Li refused, things went out of spin.
In July 1999, after three years of existence, the government, the Communist Party outlawed it.
China claims it is foreign sponsored!