The Propaganda Department of the Communist Party Central Committee recently convened a meeting to launch a new media crackdown. The meeting focused on the directive of the Politburo that 2009 will be a year of both economic and political difficulty. The Politburo cited intelligence from both the Ministry of State Security and the Peoples Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters that 2009 would witness a high tide of anti-China activity both domestically and internationally. The Chinese government faces a serious challenge and crisis, and all preparatory and defensive measures must be taken.

We write on behalf of the Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers to express our deep concern about reports of lawyers in China who are being intimidated after they called for the direct election of officials in the Beijing Lawyers Association (BLA). Our objective is not to support or oppose the direct election of the leaders of the BLA; that is entirely an internal matter between you and your members. We do, however, seek your assistance in investigating these reports and protecting any lawyers who are being intimidated for expressing their views.

Self-appointed citizen government watchdog Guo Yongfeng today at 9 a.m. had 8 officials from the Shenzhen Bureau of Civil Affairs search his house. Two computers were confiscated and Guo, his wife, and his daughter were interrogated.

Dying to defend one's home is a solemn matter. In fact, even dying is sometimes not enough to protect one's home. This event took place in Shandong Province's Yantai City Laishan District Sunjiatan Village.

On Tuesday November 25 at 1 a.m. organized crime thugs were hired to again attempt to expel the Sun family and demolish their home. More than 50 thugs arrived in large and small vans and autos. They were armed with machetes, iron pipes, wooden batons, ladders, etc. They beat up everyone in the Sun family's house.

20th Anniversary of June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Military Crackdown Commemoration Activity Participant List