1.   Along with the current crackdown, the old vituperation against the dalai lama has crept back.

2.   Among ordinary Chinese people, it would seem, the current crackdown on democracy activists has registered only faintly, if at all.

3.   And for the first time in the current crackdown, police were to begin rounding up militants inside the Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir.

4.   But that is not to say the current crackdown has no one nervous.

5.   For many, the current crackdown is simply a continuation of past policy.

6.   He said police officials were aware of criticism that the current crackdown would not solve the long-term problems.

7.   Lu said the current crackdown is part of a political struggle in the run-up to the Communist Party Congress later this fall, which occurs every five years.

8.   The Chinese authorities have tried to keep foreign journalists from covering the current crackdown.

9.   The current crackdown appears to be an attempt to slow down the reform movement after its strong showing in the parliamentary elections this year.

10.   The current crackdown centers on the illegal dumping of concrete shards left over from construction projects.