The Wall Street Journal: Will Chinese Repression Play in Peoria?

"President Bush is in Beijing today and tomorrow, seeking common ground with his Chinese hosts. It would also be a good moment to remind President Jiang Zemin and his comrades that persecution of a peaceful spiritual movement is the kind of ugly, cruel and embarrassing practice that they need to be trying to shed inside China itself--not share with the wider world."

U.S. State Department Shows Great Concern for Citizens Who Went to Beijing to Appeal for Falun Gong

(Clearwisdom.net) In the afternoon of February 19, 2002, officials from the U.S. State Department met with over 20 Falun Gong practitioners who went to Beijing to appeal. During the meeting, the officials learned in depth about what these practitioners encountered while they were detained in China. The Chinese police abused these practitioners both mentally and physically, and even looted their personal belongings.

Reuters: U.S. Protests Chinese Treatment of Deportees

February 20, 2002

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, casting a shadow over a visit to China by President Bush, said it complained to Beijing on Wednesday about alleged rough treatment of Americans expelled from China last week for protesting in support of Falun Gong spiritualists.

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