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• 20% of China's new graduates hope to work for state companies
• Experts warn of dangerous gender imbalance in China
• Taiwan reports first child enterovirus death this year
• China's dollar millionaires grow by 5%; Hong Kong sees 17% drop
• Taiwanese man held by China over links to Falun Gong
• 26-year-old Chinese man dies after 11-day Euro 2012 marathon
• Chinese Data Said to Be Manipulated, Understating Slowdown
• Abbot of famous Kunming monastery quits to get married
• Taiwan's central bank ready for cross-strait currency pact
• Ai Weiwei barred from leaving China after bail terms lifted
• Sina Weibo starts charging for extra features
• Chinese buyers aid recovery of US property sector
• Japan remains the favorite country for Taiwan's public
• Boost for China's realty market as developers rush to buy land
• Selected Tuidang Statement, June 21
• Apple’s Siri Slow-Witted About Tiananmen Square
• Date Set for Dam Lawsuit
• Bo Scandal Reaches Cambodia
• Dragon Boat Gifts 'Corrupted'
• Uyghur Petitioners Beaten

20% of China's new graduates hope to work for state companies Posted: 23 Jun 2012 05:03 AM PDT A large proportion of Chinese university students graduating this year hope to work in the major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in the financial, IT and communications industries. State-own...

Experts warn of dangerous gender imbalance in China Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT Many men in China will find it difficult to find wives in the future, because there are 20 million more males than females in the country's under-30 population, according to experts at a national demo...

Taiwan reports first child enterovirus death this year Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT A five-month old boy from Tainan in southern Taiwan died of enterovirus this week, making him the first in the country to succumb to the contagious disease this year, the Centers for Disease Control s...

China's dollar millionaires grow by 5%; Hong Kong sees 17% drop Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT The number of dollar millionaires in China increased 5% to 562,000 in 2011, putting China in fourth place in the world, according to a report authored jointly by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management. ...

Taiwanese man held by China over links to Falun Gong Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:31 AM PDT A Taiwanese businessman has been detained by Chinese authorities during a recent visit to the mainland, allegedly because of his connection with the banned religious movement Falun Gong, his wife said...

26-year-old Chinese man dies after 11-day Euro 2012 marathon Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:03 AM PDT A 26-year-old man in China has died after staying up late to watch the Euro 2012 football championships for 11 nights in a row. Jiang Xiaoshan, a fan of the England national football team and otherwis...

Chinese Data Said to Be Manipulated, Understating Slowdown Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT Corporate executives and economists say officials in some Chinese cities and provinces are falsifying statistics to mask the extent of the downturn in the nation's economy.

Abbot of famous Kunming monastery quits to get married Posted: 23 Jun 2012 03:03 AM PDT The abbot of an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming in southwest China has "taken off his robes" — quit his holy orders — in order to get married. The temple released him saying that a monk who retur...

Taiwan's central bank ready for cross-strait currency pact Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT Perng Fai-nan, the governor of Taiwan's central bank, on June 21 called for the signing of a currency clearance agreement between Taiwan and China. "I hope that the Cross-Strait Currency Clearance Agr...

Ai Weiwei barred from leaving China after bail terms lifted Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei said Wednesday that he has been released from the strict conditions of his one-year bail period but he remains forbidden from leaving the country, according to a...

Sina Weibo starts charging for extra features Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT Sina Weibo, China's most popular version of Twitter, will to start charging its members 10 yuan (US$1.57) per month for extra services from June 18. Paying members will be allowed to enjoy special...

Chinese buyers aid recovery of US property sector Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT A growing number of international buyers, including from China, are aiding the recovery of the property sector in the United Sates, the Guangdong-based magazine Time Weekly reports. Statistics from...

Japan remains the favorite country for Taiwan's public Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT Apart from their own country, which country do people in Taiwan like the most? Japan, according to a survey released by the Interchange Association, Japan, which said that their country was the favori...

Boost for China's realty market as developers rush to buy land Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT China's property market has experienced a sudden rebound this week as six leading developers rushed to throw 8.5 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) into the market to purchase land over a period of three d...

Selected Tuidang Statement, June 21 Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:52 PM PDT The Chinese characters say 'Renounce the Chinese Communist Party.' (The Epoch Times) Editor's note: The Epoch Times here publishes direct translations of statements made by Chinese people in renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its subordinate organizations. Statements such as these are submitted to a website affiliate of the Chinese version of The Epoch Times, Dajiyuan. The movement to renounce, withdraw from, or quit the CCP, called "Tuidang" in Chinese, began in late 2004, soon after The Epoch Times published the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, an editorial series that explores the nature and history of the CCP. The statements offer a rare and candid glimpse of history in the making. The Chinese people are turning their backs on the Communist Party, choosing conscience over convenience, and peacefully ushering in a future China, free of party rule. The following is a selection of edited Tuidang ("quitting the Party") statements made by Chinese nationals on June 21, 2012. I want to quit the party I used to be a communist party member. Now, from the senior level of CCP leadership to the local level, evil is committed and the party is degenerating. I really don't want to align myself with the corruption. Therefore, I am making this statement to quit the CCP and all the organizations connected to the communist party, and return myself to cleanliness. Brother Tai, Gui Zhou June 21, 2012 I can't stand the look of it I was born in the 1960s. Even though I was brainwashed by the communist party for many years, in 1989 I clearly saw the evil nature of the communist party. I was in the first group of students after college entrance examinations were resumed (after the Cultural Revolution). My teacher and principal criticized me for "taking the unpaved road," which meant focusing on academic research and not caring about politics. I never joined the Communist Youth League and the party, although when they wanted to make use of me, they encouraged me to join the party. My major concern was for my children not to live in a very terrifying society. This is a society where people eat people. My father is a party member and worker. He worked for the communist party all his life. When he got sick, the communist party unit didn't care about him. When the unit was crushed down, we had no other way but to let it be. Just seeing the doctor has taken all our savings. The most unforgettable thing was that, upon my departure, he held my hand and said, "We have to pay tribute to Deng Xiaoping, who let us attend university." My goodness, everybody hates when somebody has something and laughs at somebody when he doesn't have it. Everybody was thinking about how to harm others. This society has been destroyed by the communist party, and cannot get back on the right track. What a disappointment! Even though I was not a party member or a League member, let's reject the League to take a stand. Viewing the struggle with a cold eye, Shaanxi Province June 21, 2012 I declare that I quit the CCP and the Red Guards My name is Cheng Guang, and I am an ordinary retired worker. I used to be a very pitiful person who held firm to the communist ideology and never had any doubts about it. The philosophy of life according to the communist party was that as a communist party member, I should be very proud. In my everyday life, I helped a lot of people do good things, intending to unleash the spirit of communism. But in several decades of my daily life and work, I saw many strange things that I did not dare to acknowledge. Local government officials were very greedy and abused their power for private gain. They cared nothing for the lives or deaths of the people. They used power to get money and get the card. Reports of corruption were like stones thrown into the sea! Of course, it's not just a local problem. When I had the free time to watch news, I could see the truth through all channels. The Chinese Communist Party is corrupt to its core. Everybody agrees that the communist organization is the largest evil cult and sinister gang. Politicians and bandits are doing everything they can to exploit the people under the party's tyrannical rule. I thereby declare that I quit the Young Pioneers, the League, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Red Guards. (During the Cultural Revolution, those who served in the Red Guards didn't take part in the implication activities). Cheng Guang June 21, 2012 It exceeds the control of law and makes us feel uneasy I would like to quit the League. I've witnessed the hypocritical and imprudent people under the control of the communist party. It exceeds the control of law and makes us feel uneasy. At the same time, our life has been turned into a mess! Linliang Beijing June 21, 2012 I hope that ordinary Chinese citizens will be the masters of their fate When I was young, I was hurt by the party's deceptive policies. I didn't know that the party was dark and had no conscience. I joined the party not thinking clearly. Now that I realize my mistake, I want to quit the evil party, which is permeated with lies, and at the same time, I hope that ordinary Chinese citizens will stand up and be the masters of their fate. Zhang Wenxi, Yu Taiguo June 21, 2012 Stay away Stay away from corruption, the downfall of morality, hypocrisy, cruelty, and inhumanity! Woot, Dinah and two other people June 21, 2012 China won't see a day of peace if evil party is not removed In modern society today, corruption is everywhere and moral standards are degenerating. People's lives are at risk, and this can all be attributed to the evil communist party. As long as the evil party is not removed, China won't see a day of peace. I hereby officially declare that I quit the CCP's evil party system. Related Articles Selected Tuidang Statements in Late May 2012 South River June 21, 2012 chinareports@epochtimes.com The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. Click www.ept.ms/ccp-crisis to read about the most recent developments in the ongoing crisis within the Chinese communist regime. In this special topic, we provide readers with the necessary context to understand the situation. Get the RSS feed. Get the new interactive Timeline of Events. Who are the Major Players?

Apple’s Siri Slow-Witted About Tiananmen Square Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:17 PM PDT A woman tries to use "Siri" voice-activated assistant software built into the Apple iPhone 4S March 13, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) The Apple iPhone 4S voice assistant, Siri, will be featured in Mandarin and Cantonese, but it appears that the program will not respond correctly to terms deemed politically sensitive, including "Tiananmen Square" and others. People who tested the new version told Taiwan-based Want China Times that Siri pretends to not understand terms like "Tiananmen" and the "6-4" incident, which refers to the army's crackdown on student protesters on June 4, 1989. Furthermore, the program will not even give directions to Tiananmen Square, a popular tourist destination in Beijing. Experts told the publication, which cited Duowei News, they suspect that Siri's developers are censoring it so that iPhone 4S models will not be met with opposition when it goes on sale in China. China has a strict censorship mandate and blocks out a number of terms on the Chinese- language Internet, including references to the Tiananmen Square massacre, the persecuted spiritual practice Falun Gong, Tibet, and others. When you ask Siri about the Tiananmen Square massacre, the program replies in Mandarin: "I didn't find an appointment about Tiananmen Square," according to Want China News. When the user questions the program about the crackdown, it replies, "I didn't find the appointment about 'do you know about the Tiananmen Square Incident.'" Users also questioned Siri more about the incident, saying, "Do you know what happened on June 4, 1989?" Siri responded, "Sorry, there is no such contact in your address book." It is possible, however, that Siri is using information that it obtains from the Internet and might simply be trying to access information that is blocked in China. In a video report from The Wall Street Journal, correspondent John Chin said the iPhone 4S "has probably quite a few bugs to work out," saying that Chinese users have been successful in getting it to carry out mundane tasks, but noted that the program has "a bit of a tizzy" when trying to perform more complex ones. Chin noted that Siri's voice in Chinese does not sound like the "wilting, beguiling" voice that English-speaking iPhone users are accustomed to, but sounds more like "a robotic subway announcer." Related Articles Samsung Wins Patent Fight Against Apple in the Netherlands Apple only recently announced in June that it would feature Siri in Chinese and has not unveiled a release date. chinareports@epochtimes.com The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.

Date Set for Dam Lawsuit Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:33 PM PDT A group of riparian communities opposed to the construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River in Laos says it will launch a lawsuit against the Thai government next month for signing an agreement to purchase electricity from the hydropower project without disclosing details to the public. The Chiang Rai-based Lower Mekong People's Network, which represents communities from seven different provinces in Thailand along the Mekong River, had been collecting signatures from hundreds of people who say they will be negatively affected by the Xayaburi dam's construction. "On July 9 we will hold a press conference to launch the lawsuit," said a representative of the group. "On July 12 we will perform a Buddhist ceremony near the Mekong River in Chiang Khan, in Loei province, and on July 23 we will formally submit the lawsuit," she said. The lawsuit faults the Thai government for making a deal with Laos to buy electricity generated by the U.S. $3.8 billion dam upon its completion, without disclosing the details of the agreement to the public as required by Thai law. The 1,260-megawatt dam would provide 95 percent of its electricity to Thailand. The representative also said that members of the group are now collecting signatures and consulting with legal experts to file a legal motion demanding a cancellation of the power agreement between the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and the Xayaburi Power Co. She said the Lower Mekong People's Network would "fight to the end" in opposition to the Xayaburi project. A riparian Thai villager, who spoke to RFA on condition of anonymity, said that Lao officials had a duty to explain the cross-border ramifications of the massive dam. "If Lao officials state that the riparian Thais have no reason to protest the dam, that is inappropriate because the Lao authorities haven't explained to us villagers about the possible cross-border impacts," the villager said. "When those impacts occur, who will be responsible? Studies show that the dam will have negative impacts on people downstream, especially people in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam." Status update Last month, the Lower Mekong People's Network submitted a letter to the Mekong River Commission (MRC), an inter-governmental body that manages development along the regional artery, requesting an update on the dam, but said it had received no response. Ch. Karnchang, the Thai company tasked with building the Xayaburi dam, signed an agreement at the end of April to push ahead with construction in defiance of a December ruling by the MRC which called for a comprehensive environmental impact study to more properly identify potential risks. Also in May, Lao Vice Minister of Energy and Mines Viraponh Viravong said that the dam may have to be redesigned to avoid any adverse impact on the environment, citing a study from a French company hired to conduct an assessment of the dam. The redesign, he said, would allow more river sediment to flow through the dam, a key concern for downstream countries whose agriculture depends on the river. Ch. Karnchang only revealed in April that construction of the project in Laos had been stepped up from March 15. It said it expects to finish the project in eight years. Reports indicate that preliminary construction work, such as the building of access roads, has been ongoing and affecting riparian communities in the vicinity. Over 3,000 residents near the dam site have been relocated to make way for the project, according to the Bangkok Post newspaper. Ongoing concerns The Lower Mekong People's Network, which claims that the dam will destroy the local economy of the communities along the banks of the Mekong, held a series of protests in Bangkok in May against the company and a group of Thai banks lending the firm funds to proceed with construction. The group says the dam is likely to damage the Mekong ecosystem, fisheries, and food security of the people on both sides of the river. The Mekong River originates in China and flows through Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its silt deposits provide rich soil nutrients for rice and other crops. In December, Laos and the three other MRC member countries—Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam—agreed work on the dam should be postponed pending the results of a new environmental impact assessment, which was to be conducted by Japan. An earlier study by an expert group had recommended a 10-year moratorium on all mainstream Mekong dams due to a need for further research on their potentially catastrophic environmental and socioeconomic impact. A Lao expert on dams, speaking on condition of anonymity, told RFA that the long-term effects of the project would be costlier than the immediate benefits of power production. "Once produced, power can be easily sold, but the effects on the areas where people live below the dam will be more complicated," the expert said. "Their livelihood, agriculture, cattle, forest, and other services will be affected," he said. "It will not be as easy as simply producing electricity and then selling it." Reported by RFA's Lao service. Translated by Max Avary. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.

Bo Scandal Reaches Cambodia Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:30 PM PDT Authorities in Cambodia say there are no plans to extradite French national Patrick Devillers, whom China has said is a suspect in the murder of Briton Neil Heywood last November, as reports said the wife of ousted Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai has "confessed" to Heywood's murder. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said on Friday that Devillers, who has been detained in Phnom Penh, where he lives with his Cambodian partner and child, will not be extradited to any country. In the latest twist in the scandal engulfing China's ruling Communist Party, he said however that Devillers, 52, whose whereabouts are unknown, would remain in custody pending further investigation. Devillers had close business ties with deposed Chinese politician Bo Xilai and his wife, Gu Kailai, who is a key suspect in the Heywood murder investigation. "The Royal Government of Cambodia has already made decision to keep this French national in Cambodia. The decision was already made. [We are] not sending him to France or to China," Hor Namhong told reporters in Phnom Penh. Asked why Devillers was detained, he said, "We don't know the reason, we are waiting for further investigation." China has boosted its influence in Cambodia in recent years, giving out hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of aid, loans, and investment. The head of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, He Guoqiang, who is in charge of investigations into alleged "serious violations" of discipline by Bo and his former police chief Wang Lijun, visited Cambodia for three days last week. Gu Kailai No details have been made public about that investigation, nor about the police investigation in which Gu is a suspect. But Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that Gu, who is being held in a government-affiliated facility in northern China, had "confessed" to Heywood's murder. The paper said Gu, 53, had told investigators she killed Heywood to stop him revealing illegal remittances of billions of dollars abroad that she said he had helped to organize for her. Heywood, 41, was discovered dead in a Chongqing hotel in November, and quickly cremated after his death was blamed on a drinking binge. The paper said that Gu had also begun admitting to allegations of bribe-taking and the cross-border remittances. Devillers is apparently being detained under the terms of Cambodia's extradition treaty with China, which permits the authorities to detain him for up to 60 days while China gathers evidence to support its request. Sources familiar with Devillers when he lived in China last month said he entered Bo's inner circle while living in Dalian in the 1990s and the Frenchman received help from then-mayor Bo in chasing up an unpaid debt for architectural work, Reuters reported. Devillers and Gu gave the same residential address when they set up a British company in 2000 in the resort town of Bournemouth and an investment firm registered by Devillers in 2006 in Luxembourg listed the Beijing address of the Ang Dao Law Firm - a firm affiliated with Gu, the agency said. Online censorship China's Internet censors continued to block and filter news of the Bo Xilai scandal, with searches for "Bo" in Chinese and English on the popular Sina Weibo microblogging service producing the message: "In accordance with local laws and regulations, we have been unable to display your search results." Threads which mentioned the scandal also showed messages in which certain comments had been deleted "in accordance with local rules and regulations." However, some netizens managed to post comments that referred cryptically to Chongqing as "Hotpot City," based on the fiery dish native to southwestern China. "Recent events in Hotpot City have been more entertaining than a TV soap," commented user @Yunanw. User @shanglue agreed: "Politics, love, murder," the user wrote. "It's a great plot." Reported by Wei Ling for RFA's Cantonese service. Additional reporting and translation by Luisetta Mudie.

Dragon Boat Gifts 'Corrupted' Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:26 PM PDT Festive rice parcels eaten in China honor of an imperial official who abhorred corruption are being given as increasingly elaborate gifts and favors, including to local officials, ahead of this year's Dragon Boat Festival. What was once a homemade snack of sticky rice steamed in bamboo leaves with meat and bean fillings has burgeoned in recent years into a lucrative industry, with the most luxurious brands of "zongzi" being sold for several thousand yuan per pack. China's Dragon Boat Festival, or the Duanwu Festival, which falls on Saturday, honors the drowning suicide in 278 BC of Qu Yuan, a loyal official of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period (476-221 BC) whose advice was not heeded. China's zongzi market has grown from nearly 3.5 billion yuan (U.S. $550 million) in 2009 to nearly four billion yuan ($630 million) by the end of 2010, with the luxury end alone worth as much as 1.2 billion yuan ($189 million), the Guangzhou Daily said. A 'form of corruption' "The prices for zongzi now reflect a different level in the social hierarchy," said Ma Xiaoming, a TV reporter in the northern province of Shaanxi. "Now, they are a luxury consumer item, and ordinary Chinese definitely can't afford them." "Now, a lot of people who have gotten rich in a short space of time are giving them to their own friends and family, but also to keep up good relations with officials and to network," Ma said. "They are a form of corruption in themselves," Ma said. "[It's about] inviting people to dinner, giving gifts, giving bribes, cozying up with people in power during festivals and new year." "They [give gifts to] the people who approve proposals, administer public funds, and manage infrastructure projects," he said. "This is their opportunity." A Beijing resident surnamed Zhang said many ordinary Chinese felt obliged to give them as gifts to local officials. "You definitely give zongzi to officials," she said, adding that local people had hit out at the two main zongzi manufacturers in the nation's capital. "They said they were collaborating [to force the prices up]," Zhang said. "The second factory then came out and explained that it wasn't selling zongzi for more than 1,000 yuan [U.S. $160]." "How could you get such expensive zongzi? They must have other things inside them." Luxury gifts In southern China, the Guangzhou Daily newspaper reported on Friday that some zongzi gift packs were selling for as much as 2,888 yuan (U.S. $450). The pack contained nine rice parcels, a pack of expensive cognac and a tin of top quality "longjing" tea, all in extravagant packaging. Another gift pack contained nine zongzi in different flavors, a bottle of red wine, and highly prized seafood delicacies including fish stomach and dried scallops, the paper said. Some work units had even organized group-buying plans to get good deals on zongzi ahead of this year's festival, it said. Beijing University of Science and Technology professor Hu Xingdou said luxury gifts would continue to be used as a form of bribery among China's political and business elite unless political reforms were instituted. "The crucial thing is whether or not there exists ... a way for ordinary people to evaluate officials, to vote for them and to supervise them," Hu said. "Then, officials would naturally refuse to accept such luxury gifts." "That is the only way to solve this problem," he said. Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.

Uyghur Petitioners Beaten Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:25 PM PDT A group of Uyghur petitioners from China's northwestern Xinjiang region have faced beatings and harassment by police since bringing their grievances over ethnic discrimination to central authorities in Beijing. The group of some 10 Uyghurs who set up camp outside the Central Politics and Law Commission offices in China's capital say police were sent to break up their peaceful demonstration on Tuesday. One of the group, Rehim Yusup, said they had been camping outside the building for about three days when police came and beat them. "About 100 police officers, both armed and undercover ones, were sent to remove us from here. When we refused to leave, they began ruthlessly beating us," he said. Another petitioner, Ghazi Hamud, said two women in their group had also suffered beatings. "The undercover Han Chinese police officers dressed in casual civilian clothes also violently attacked us Uyghur protesters. They even started beating the women…. Of course they didn't spare the men either," he said. The police included armed police officers, undercover police officers dressed in civilian outfits, and regional police officers sent from Xinjiang to escort the group of Uyghurs back home, the group said. "I told [the police] that they had no right to mistreat us like that because we are not criminals; they are the ones committing the crime for beating innocent peaceful protesters," Ghazi Hamud said. After the group refused to leave, dozens of police remained and continue to harass them, the petitioners said Friday. Grievances The group is petitioning authorities over longstanding ethnic discrimination cases in Xinjiang, where Uyghurs say Beijing's policies favor Han Chinese migration into the region and unfair allocation of resources to the Chinese. The Chinese government receives millions of complaints every year through its "letters and visits" petitioning system, which traces its roots to Imperial China, but for Uyghurs to take their grievances through Chinese channels in the faraway capital is less common. "We have all come from far away asking for justice, but no government institution here wants to listen to us or help us," Ghazi Hamud said. Ghazi Hamud, 62, is in Beijing to raise the case of his son who was murdered by a Han Chinese person in northern Xinjiang's Shihezi city in 2001. The accused was only given a three-year jail term while Uyghurs who are similarly charged face execution, Ghazi Hamud said. Protesting alongside him is Anargul Yusup, 40, who wants to highlight her "unfair" job termination by her Han Chinese boss at the Aksu Public Transportation Company in Xinjiang. Her brother Rehim Yusup, 42, is accompanying her. In an earlier altercation in May, police beat Anargul Yusup and another petitioner, Amina, who came to Beijing from a small village in western Xinjiang's Kashgar to show her discontent with the authorities for allowing a Shanghai-based company to buy her house and land without her consent. Around three to five other Uyghurs and one Hui are also petitioning with them. Uyghur petitioner Anargul Yusup took photos of her bruises after she was beaten by police on May 11, 2012. Credit: RFA. Refusing to return Police, including some dispatched from their hometowns, have been trying to get the petitioners to return to Xinjiang, the group said. "The police officers have been here since this morning and they have been constantly trying to force us into their automobiles," Amina said on Tuesday. "Five police officers were sent from Kashgar just to take me back. Among them are the secretary of the village where I am from, a female police officer named Tursungul, and other police officers from Kashgar city," she said. Ghazi Hamud also said that police had tried to force them into cars and leave the scene. "But we were unyielding and refused to get in their automobiles despite their threats and attacks," he said. By Friday, uniformed police officers had left the group, but dozens dressed in civilian clothes remained to watch them, they said. To deal with petitioners, China employs a system of dispatching local authorities to provincial capitals and to Beijing, where they detain, beat, and otherwise harass petitioners in a bid to make them drop their cases. Han Chinese petitioners Police made attempts to separate the Uyghur group from other petitioners outside the Politics and Law Commission offices, the group said. They said they had received sympathy from over 100 local Beijing residents who witnessed their harassment by police on Tuesday and from Han Chinese petitioners. One Han Chinese petitioner, a handicapped woman surnamed Li from Zhejiang province, said she had witnessed the brutal treatment of the Uyghur group. "What they did to these poor Uyghur elderly individuals and women has triggered anger in all of us around. I personally saw a female undercover police officer violently attacking Ms. Amina, and I was force to get involved despite being in a wheelchair," she said. Reported by Mihray Abdilim for RFA's Uyghur service. Translated by Shirinay Arslan. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.