In this article (Chinese only), rights defender and house church leader Xu Yonghai (徐永海) describes how at least five members of his Beijing-based house church were taken by the police on forced “travel” to the south of China. And at least five other members, including Xu himself, have been put under house arrest. Xu quotes Beijing dissident artist Yan Zhengxue (严正学) in describing the heavily-guarded city during the 18th Party Congress currently under way: “The repairmen, street cleaners, and street vendors of yore are now all sporting red armbands. Also on patrol are the grandpa reconnaissance units and bound-feet women security guards....”