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Citing the need for political and social stability and security, the Chinese government announced on September 9 a stepped-up crackdown on "criminals" and regime critics.
Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang was quoted on the government's official website as telling a meeting of the ministry's party branch: "All should heavily boost surveillance, prevention, and severely attack hostile forces at home and abroad." Zhou specified enemies as "ethnic separatists, religious extremists, violent terrorist forces," and the Falun Gong exercise and meditation movement that China has banned as an "evil cult."
"Ensuring a harmonious, stable social climate for the opening of the ...