(Clearwisdom.net)

(Editor's Note: We are greatly saddened and troubled by the large-scale loss of life and property in China due to the raging floods. Even though China's state controlled television programs are repetitiously chanting empty political slogans while various levels of government officials put on a show of "disaster relief," we see clearly that Jiang and his corrupt officials at each level of government are concentrating their efforts on embezzlement, fraud, bitter power struggles, and persecuting innocent people. Each year there are disastrous floods, followed by "disaster relief efforts" that are too little, too late. Yet these tragedies have been turned into opportunities by Jiang and his cronies to glorify and promote themselves. If they had a shred of a sense of responsibility for the welfare of the common folk and the future of the Chinese people, then the tragedies occurring as a result of the floods in Hunan could have been avoided to a large degree.

The ancients in China emphasized the relationship between man and the heavens, and often drew a direct correlation between a despotic regime and natural disasters. Whenever large-scale disasters occurred, it was commonly believed to be caused by the ruler's greed and atrocities, and the rulers themselves were often forced to admit their culpability, at least in name, to the heavens and to the people. Over the past three years, the disastrous floods in Mainland China have become more and more severe. Meanwhile, over the same period of time the Jiang regime's persecution of the kind people who cultivate "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" has become more and more vicious -- Jiang's political group has exhausted great amounts of the country's and the people's resources in order to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, creating countless bloody tragedies. Can this be a coincidence? The widespread suffering caused by the floods in China can certainly be attributed to the corruption and incompetence of Jiang's regime, but the deeper reason may well be the persecution being carried out by this evil gang against innocent Falun Gong practitioners. While the dictator is desecrating the laws of heaven, it is the people under him that suffer as a direct consequence.

No matter from what angle, it is clear that under Jiang's despotic rule, the victims are not just limited to Falun Gong practitioners but all innocent people, inside China or abroad, that are within his reach. For the sake of our collective future, let us stop the violence being perpetrated by Jiang's regime together.)

• News from Xiaoxiang Morning Newspaper: Chenzhou City was hit by a heavy rainstorm on August 6. Half of the city was flooded, 170 towns and villages nearby were damaged, 1.3 million people were affected, and several people died. The direct economic loss was nearly 1 billion Yuan.

• Xinhua Net (August 8): Because of a tropical storm and cold air from the north, Chenzhou, Hengyang, Yongzhou and Zhuzhou, cities in Hunan Province, were hit by heavy rainstorms. 47 people died in the storms.

• Zhongxin News Agency (August 12): Since August 6, heavy rainstorms, causing mountain floods, hit the middle and upper areas of the Xiangjiang River in Hunan Province. 75 people died as a result of the disaster. Direct economic loss exceeded 2.6 billion Yuan. In the four cities of Chenzhou, Hengyang, Yongzhou and Zhuzhou, 425 towns and villages in 28 counties were involved. 3.9 million people were affected. Because of the flood, 12,400 structures collapsed, over 10,000 people were left homeless, crops were damaged, livestock was killed, transportation was interrupted, and electrical lines were damaged. From August 8 to 11, more than 10 trains were stopped or delayed.

• China News Net: By August 16, there were 231 people reported to have died in natural disasters hitting Yunnan Province such as floods and mudslides.

• From August 8 to12, a rainstorm struck some areas in Sichuan Province. In 110 towns and villages of 18 counties, 1.2 million people were affected by the disasters and 5 people were reported dead.