Mr. Ethan Gutmann:

Can I add a quick statement on the question of what movement is being made in America? The State Department has mentioned this for the first time. It seems to have happened in response to the information that Wang Lijun brought with him to the Chengdu consulate in the middle of the night. It is also true that 106 Congressmen signed a "Dear Colleague" letter that was sent to the State Department. The letter, which was quite explicit, asked for any information on whether Wang Lijun might have been involved in live organ harvesting, probably from practitioners of Falun Gong. A few years ago, I would have said the State Department would never move on that. Now I do not know how it will respond. Things have shifted - I cannot quite explain why - and there is now much more passion about this issue in Congress. For example, Voice of America, which is congressionally funded, started reporting on organ harvesting for the first time this year. It had never done that before. According to most experts, China is entering a period of 3% growth. Its recession came much later than all the other recessions. It may be the case that people think they have some leverage in this regard that they did not have before now.