11.   Judges may balk as well, according to one Chinese legal scholar who declined to be identified.

12.   Like Andrei Sakharov when he openly opposed Soviet Communism, these Chinese scholars are vulnerable dissidents today as they question state repression.

13.   Most Chinese scholars have attributed it to a contemporary of Confucius dating back to the fifth century BC.

14.   No sooner had the House passed the trade bill last week than Chinese scholars like Han Deqiang were on the Web preaching the dangers.

15.   Some Chinese scholars suggest that the Western penchant for apologies grows out of the Judeo-Christian tradition, in which a simple confession brings prompt absolution.

16.   Such arguments are often sincerely felt, say Chinese scholars who know both countries well.

17.   The Bush administration placed considerable pressure on Beijing to resolve the cases involving Chinese scholars who were either U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

18.   The evidence of a worsening sex ratio is one of several factors leading Chinese scholars and officials to rethink population policies, said Gu of the Family Planning Association.

19.   Their academic connections with Chinese scholars helped bring the conference to Dartmouth.

20.   These estimates are far higher than those previously given by Chinese scholars and the American military, which has captured only a few Chinese Muslims in Afghan operations.