Month: May 2003

Press Statement: Justice Closes In On Former Chinese Leader

For the last four years in China, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin has implemented a systematic policy to “eradicate” Falun Gong. Jiang has mobilized virtually every apparatus of the Chinese Communist regime to detain and torture Falun Gong practitioners until they either renounce their faith or face being tortured to death. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the U.S. government, and other organizations have documented hundreds of deaths of Falun Gong practitioners. from abuse in Chinese police custody

Washington Post: China Feels Side Effects From SARS

“The Jiang clique has miscalculated the situation and is becoming rapidly irrelevant,” said Yu, the specialist at the U.S. Naval Academy. Chinese Internet chat rooms are full of invective against Jiang and significantly are not being censored.