21.   On Friday, at least six dissidents were detained in eastern Hangzhou, apparently for trying to form and legally register an opposition political party.

22.   Police in southwestern Sichuan province detained three dissidents in two cities Tuesday.

23.   Several dozen dissidents were detained or disappeared after presentation of the petition Xu signed and others calling for tolerance and the rule of law.

24.   The reformist newspaper Neshat reported Saturday that police had detained three dissidents in the crackdown.

25.   Three dissidents were detained Thursday by Chinese police.

26.   At least five other dissidents have been detained by the Shanghai authorities, and they, like Bao, have had their phones cut off.

27.   Chinese police have detained veteran dissident Wang Xizhe in the southern province of Guangdong ahead of the upcoming seventh anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, a relative said Saturday.

28.   Chinese authorities detained two dissidents during the trial of pro-democracy leader Wang Dan, a human rights group said Thursday.

29.   Detaining dissidents on the eve of visits by western dignatories is a tradition of the Chinese government, analysts said.

30.   Eleven other dissidents were detained with Wang at the gathering for Wang Ruowang, but all have since been freed.