Each weekend we had to report to the Chinese consulate officials.

The consulate officials seemed relaxed and friendly but Ben was clearly furious.

It seemed as though the consulate officials were deliberately keeping the conversation going, trying to distract us, while they gradually eliminated my friends from the room.

In a very loud and strident voice the consulate official ordered Charles to sit.

Then another consulate official replaced him for another half an hour of interrogation and persuasion.

But I was determined not to allow the consulate officials to see my tears or to sense my weakness.

So the consulate officials turned the lights out.

There was no outward evidence of an injury, and apparently the consulate officials did not believe him.

Many travelers complained that they felt gouged, and American consulate officials helping them agreed.

A consulate official can be heard responding with curses.