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Thanks tons for your kind thoughts and prayers.

Mother seemed to have some strange neurological complaint feeling 'stung' as though by insects on various parts of her skin though there was clearly no external cause.

Sometimes it's hard to know how much of a problem is related to Alzheimer's and how much to her lifelong craziness and demands for attention.

Have to depend on God and that He 'giveth more grace.'

But encouragements like yours help keep characters like me in this situation going.

Blessings to you and all your close relationships that you walk in His provision, His Peace, Joy, Love, Truth and Intimacy--in His Spirit and Will.

LUB,

Thanks everybody for your comments. I have a feeling that this is China’s image polishing in preparation for their Olympic. I can’t see any fundamental change in their attitude towards their notorious human rights records. PhilDragoo is right. Even the word “criminal” has a different definition in China. There are many “prisons of conscience” who got jailed just for speaking the truth.

I do not object to light labors in prisons like making uniforms for government hospitals, book binding for public libraries, etc. The question is: China’s prisoners are brutalized and not paid (they are not even sufficiently fed) and that the prison’s authority are making huge 100% profits from selling these commercial merchandise. This is blatant slavery. All buyers of these merchandise are essentially supporting this system.

Police brutality is another problem in China’s legal and judicial system. About 3 months ago in China, the police arrested a drug addict mother and just lock the door behind them. A few days later, her 3 years old daughter was found dead in the house due to starvation and dehydration. And, the authority still insisted that the procedure is correct.

It is necessary that China must accept an international recognized standard of human rights. It is time for the free world to warn China that they cannot get the best of both worlds. They cannot get all the benefits from free trades and, at the same time, totally ignore this.