11.   In recent days, China has reacted with growing stridency to criticism from foreign delegates to the U.N. conference and the non-governmental gathering.

12.   In recent days, China has weighed in with increasingly strident responses to what it sees as attacks by foreign delegates and the Western press.

13.   Last week, it sharply rebuked foreign delegates who had made negative comments about government policies.

14.   Meanwhile, Chinese security tried Monday to break up a news conference by exiled Tibetan women and foreign delegates supporting the Tibetan cause.

15.   Some foreign delegates to the upcoming World Conference on Women worry that the Chinese participants will be government mouthpieces, unable to discuss problems forthrightly.

16.   Some foreign delegates who also were arrested were deported.

17.   The Chinese tried to break up a news conference by exiled Tibetan women and foreign delegates supporting their cause.

18.   The Beijing government has rebuked foreign delegates to the conference for criticism of China, and says they should look to problems in their own countries.

19.   The evening culminated with the singing of Asian songs by the local community, gamely led by the foreign delegates.

20.   The Tibetans screened their own videotape about life in exile Thursday and Chinese attempted to seize it, but foreign delegates snatched it back.