Prima delle Olimpiadi, la polizia della città di Shouguang ha arrestato, detenuto, multato, torturato e mandato in campi di lavoro forzato oltre venti praticanti. Durante quest’azione, hanno persino detenuto e multato persone che avevano già rinunciato alla pratica del Falun Gong sotto la persecuzione. Qui di seguito ci sono le situazioni di alcuni praticanti:

1. La moglie di Liu Hongjun, Fu Shuyuan, e la loro figlia ventiduenne, Li, sono state inviate in un campo di lavoro. La polizia ha picchiato la signora Li e l’hanno insultata con un linguaggio vile.

Mr Hu gave his warning at a meeting of the Politburo and his words have been made public by the state media.
As growth slows, Mr Hu said that in the coming period China would starkly confront the effects of the international financial crisis.
And he warned that the economic situation was a test of the Communist Party's ability to govern.

Recent figures show that the government has cause to be worried.

Growth has slowed to 9% - and predictions say that it may drop to 7% or 8% next year.

During the Beijing Olympics, Shoujun Zheng, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Liaozhong County of Liaoning Province, was found dead at the Liaoning Prison General Hospital on August 19. Officials at the hospital described the death as having occurred due to “natural causes.” After Zheng’s family questioned hospital officials regarding the “natural causes” surrounding his death, hospital staff at the prison injected medicines into his body in an effort to create the false impression that they had tried to save his life.

Oggi sono riuscito a sapere qualcosa in più sulle condanne a Luchu.
Sembra che le sentenze siano state emesse verso il 15 Novembre:
- un monaco di 22 anni è stato condannato a otto anni di carcere
- un monaco di 23 anni è stato condannato a sette anni di carcere
- un laico di 60 anni ha ricevuto una condanna a 2 anni e sei mesi
- un laico di 50 anni è stato condannato a 2 anni e sei mesi di carcere.
Purtroppo non sono riuscito ad avere i nominativi esatti dei condannati,tutti arrestati in primavera.

Tibetan delegates from 19 different countries were able to express the opinions of their fellow Tibetans in the world by collecting their views and opinions in written form. There was active democratic participation of the members during the 6 days long discussions.

Più di 400 praticanti del Falun Gong sono attualmente detenuti nel Campo di Lavoro Forzato Femminile della Provincia di Hebei. La maggior parte di loro è stata mandata al campo prima dei Giochi Olimpici. Il numero di praticanti che ogni giorno viene imprigionato nel campo varia dai due ai venti. Gran parte dei praticanti detenuti è determinata a mantenere il suo credo nel Falun Gong e resiste alla persecuzione. Alle 3.00 di notte, circa, del 26 settembre 2008, più di venti praticanti sono stati segretamente mandati al campo di lavoro da un luogo ignoto.

BEIJING — China's unprecedented decision to cancel a summit with the European Union over Tibet shows an increasing willingness for Beijing to flex its ever-strengthening global muscle, analysts said Thursday.The China-EU summit, due to take place on Monday in France, was called off at the last minute by the Asian giant, which said it was unhappy at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to meet the Dalai Lama after the meeting."This is an unusually strong way of sending a signal," said Robbie Barnett, professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University in New York."The Dalai Lama has been vi

The violence in Dongguan on Tuesday came as many companies in the once-booming city are shutting down or cutting staff amid rising costs, global economic woes and government plans to relocate low-end manufacturers.
Local officials are worried about the plant closures and have endorsed the central government's multibillion-dollar stimulus plan. They have also been urging factories to avoid large layoffs to prevent social upheaval.

Cab drivers in the central province of Hubei are the latest in a string of disputes that have brought China's ubiquitous taxi services to a standstill.
HONG KONG —Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei are scrambling to mediate a strike by taxi drivers, the latest in a string of industrial disputes to sweep China amid the global financial crisis.

Hundreds of taxi drivers entered the second day of a strike in Suizhou city over increased business costs.

Officially, China only expressed ' deep regret' at Pranab Mukherejee's remarks on Arunachal Pradesh. But its experts are talking about India's alleged military reinforcements in the border and are not ruling out the eruption of a 'partial border war'. How should India read such signals? ...
D.S. Rajan
Outlook (India)
November 25, 2008

XIAHE, China - Chinese paramilitary police with riot shields and batons abruptly took up posts Monday on the main street of this Tibetan town, disrupting the bustle of Buddhist pilgrims in a reminder of China's determined control of the region.
With some Tibetans pushing harder against Chinese rule, the communist government is determined to pacify the area.

The show of force Monday was meant to deter unrest while a local court sentenced a group of Tibetans for taking part in large anti-government protests in March in Xiahe, a small town abutting a sprawling complex of golden-roofed temples.

Hundreds of taxi drivers went on strike in central China today - the latest in three weeks of protests amid anxiety over the economy.
The drivers in Suizhou, in the central province of Hubei, are angered by a new licence charge imposed by the local government.
"There's not a single cab running on the roads of Suizhou now. We will not stop the strike until the government meets our demand, which is they remove their fee," one driver told the Associated Press news agency.
The intelligence company Stratfor says the rapid spread of such strikes will worry the central government.

DHARAMSALA, India -Tibetans are regularly beaten up, their homes raided at night and hundreds have gone missing as a brutal Chinese crackdown continues inside Tibet, a group of Tibetan students who escaped into India this week said.
Most Tibetan towns are “swarming” with soldiers who have been arresting people even for mentioning the name of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 and now lives in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala.

The Private Office's letter addressed jointly to the Speakers and the members of the Kashag (Cabinet), dated 9 November 2008, stated, "In order to hold an extensive discussion and debate with regard to the Tibetan cause in the light of recent emergency events in Tibet and the international scenario, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wishes to convene a Special General Meeting around November or December of this year under article 59 of the Charter. Timing and participants of the meeting should be planned at the earliest by the Parliament and the Private Office should be informed accordingly."