61.   Authorities imposed strict security measures for the trial.

62.   Authorities imposed the restrictions early this month accusing Islamic activists of using the mosque for anti-government activities.

63.   Authorities recently imposed the extra two-year labor camp sentence, partly in retaliation for a hunger strike Han conducted while in detention, it said.

64.   But it was serious enough to have the company temporarily halt construction, he said, and cause local authorities to impose a nighttime curfew.

65.   City authorities also imposed a new limit on water consumption Wednesday.

66.   Chinese authorities have been imposing harsh punishments on robbers and traffickers of relics in an attempt to curb widespread looting of precious antiquities.

67.   Chinese authorities often impose harsh sentences for such crimes in an attempt to discourage widespread trading in illegally obtained antiquities.

68.   Chinese authorities are imposing harsh controls to prevent Tibetan Buddhism from becoming a motivation for pro-independence sentiment, the International Campaign for Tibet says.

69.   Chinese authorities have imposed minimum prices for some goods to prevent ruinous price wars.

70.   Dissidents are increasingly being sent to labor camps, a punishment authorities can impose for up to three years without trial.