China Detains Over 35,000 Protestors Ming Bao News – Translated by The Epoch Times Sep 14, 2004 Chinese police scuffle with disgruntled citizens. (AFP/Getty Images) According to a report from China Human Rights, headquartered in New York, China has detained about 36,000 people for protesting in Beijing just before the start of the Fourth Plenary Conference of the Chinese Communist Party. The report stated that the police destroyed temporary housing erected by the protestors and took away their belongings. Since last week, about 36,000 people were arrested and some were severely beaten. The purpose of this special action seems to...