The economy in China is facing a large-scale recession, and the unemployment rate keeps increasing. Instead of taking measures to help the worsening economy, Jiang's regime spends much money in building brainwashing centres and hiring people to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. According to an inside source, Jiang's regime has spent 5 billion Yuan on persecuting Falun Gong in the past year alone.Source: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/6/25/23452.html