Increase in Arrests, Censorship, Ahead of China’s 19th National Congress

Increase in Arrests, Censorship, Ahead of China’s 19th National Congress
A paramilitary guard stands in front of a crowd at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 20, 2017. Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images
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As the days draw closer to China’s twice-in-a-decade leadership transition event, the regime is clamping down with heightened security, arrests, and internet censorship.
China’s 19th national congress will determine the country’s next round of ruling elite. The authorities are especially sensitive to anything that could cause controversy or threaten the event from going off without a hitch on Oct. 18.