Category: Totalitarianism

— Epoch Times: “One Million Rights Activists Detained in China”
— Epoch Times reports: “The 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been and gone, but there are still one million Chinese human rights activists detained in the mainland, according to a report released Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website Oct. 2.”
— “The site added that the number was impossible to verify.”
— “Local authorities in China clamped down on civilians every day for a month to eliminate the so-called ‘unstable factors’ and to ensure ‘social stability’ during the Oct. 1 celebration.”
— “Many dissidents, religious followers, and human rights activists were detained or put under house arrest.”
— “Mr. Li from Shanxi Province said, ‘There are far more than one million petitioners who were detained during the October 1 celebration. I myself am aware of 7,000 who are detained. The number is scary.'”
— “Mr. Ge from Yangpu District of Shanghai said: ‘More than one million people have lost their freedom.'”
— Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website (English)
— Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website (Chinese)

Database Opens to Track Psychiatric Abuse in Communist China

U.S./Communist China: “Obama loosens missile technology controls to China”
— Washington Times reports: “President Obama recently shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department — a move critics say will loosen export controls and potentially benefit Chinese missile development.”
— “The presidential notice alters a key provision of the 1999 Defense Authorization Act that required that the president notify Congress whether a transfer of missile and space technology to China would harm the U.S. space-launch industry or help China’s missile programs.”
— “Henry Sokolski, director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said restoring Commerce Department control over the sensitive experts is a ‘step backward.'”
— “Edward Timperlake, a Pentagon technology-security official during the George W. Bush administration, said he agrees that the new policy likely will loosen export controls on dual-use technology that could be used to boost China’s large-scale missile program.”
— “Mr. Timperlake said the new policy is ‘greenlighting engagement with China in very bad areas that will negatively impact United States’ national security.'”

Communist China: Chinese Embassy Report on Gao Zhisheng ‘beyond laughable,’ Says Professor

Communist China: Beijing Pastors “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan and Hua Huiqi Persevere During Crackdown

Communist China: Officials put on alert to use military force against potential “unrest” by churches.
— Compass reports:
— “Following a mob attack on a church in northeastern China and the demolition of their worship site last month, the government put officials on alert to use military force against churches to quell potential ‘unrest,’ according to a leading advocacy group.”

— China Aid reports on “The Oppression of Linfen-Fushan Church Continues”
— “SHANXI–Huozhou City officials met on October 3rd to discuss results of the emergency meeting held on September 28th, where officials assembled to determine whether Linfen Fushan Church would be charged as an ‘evil cult.’ Citing the need to preserve stability in the province, local officials had seized Linfen-Fushan Church’s Senior Pastor Wang Xiaoguang, his wife Yang Rongli, and more than ten co-leaders on September 25 for attempting to petition Beijing, and have since continued to hold them in detention. Three days after the arrests, the Fushan Government held the emergency meeting to determine whether the Linfen-Church violated Chinese laws on religion, which explicitly ban ‘evil cults.'”
— “On October 3rd, the Religious Affairs Bureau of Huozhou (RAB) deemed the 50,000 member church to legitimate, but the government reported they would no longer tolerate the “gross violations and law-breaking actions’ of Pastor Wang Xiaoguang and his wife Yang Rongli over the past ten years. The RAB reportedly listed these violations, but no legal record of these abuses have been issued or confirmed. According to an inside source, the officials expressed satisfaction that the ten church leaders were being held in their “rightful place” in administrative detention, and the government resolved that the situation must be fully “dealt with” in the upcoming weeks.”
— “Though a state military numbers have decreased slightly in the past two weeks, ten police vehicles are still stationed at the main Fushan Church around the clock, barring members from entry and assembly.”
— “ChinaAid President Bob Fu is preparing for the gathering storm: ‘The Chinese communist government has used the National Day celebration as an excuse to intensify religious persecution throughout China. With the celebrations coming to an end, they have no intention of scaling back the attacks on house churches. They have tried to place blame for the destruction on the church itself, kidnapping the church leaders, and unjustly accused them of inciting a “violent uprising.” It is just an excuse to declare martial law, and use national military police forces to deny religious freedom! We urge the international community to raise their voice against this gross abuse of state power, and call for the immediate release of the innocent church leaders. The Chinese communist government cannot justify their abuse of basic human freedoms.'”