▁Sud an ese ▁army , ▁the ▁Jan ja we ed , ▁and ▁even ▁sus pected ▁Islam ists ▁in ▁northern ▁Sud an ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁Royal ▁states ▁that ▁China , ▁for ▁example , ▁has ▁produced ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁mart y rs . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁Box er ▁Reb ell ion ▁alone , ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁C athol ics ▁died , ▁including ▁several ▁dozen ▁b ish ops , ▁pri ests , ▁and ▁religious . ▁Since ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁following ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁thousands ▁more ▁have ▁died ▁in ▁la oj iao ▁( l abor ▁cam ps ), ▁facing ▁conditions ▁that ▁Royal ▁describes ▁as ▁brain w ash ing ▁and ▁slave ▁labor . ▁ ▁Human ▁be ings ▁as ▁signs ▁of ▁contradiction ▁ ▁The ▁human ▁emb ry o , ▁according ▁to ▁C athol ics , ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁contradiction . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Catholic ▁belief , ▁the ▁human ▁emb ry o ▁is ▁already ▁a ▁human ▁being , ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁the ▁human ▁fet us ▁and ▁the ▁new born ▁child . ▁And ▁for ▁Christians , ▁a ▁human ▁being ▁is ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁image ▁and ▁li ken ess ▁of ▁God . ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁these ▁belief s ▁are ▁highly ▁cont ested ▁by ▁many ▁qu arters ▁makes ▁the ▁human ▁emb ry o , ▁in ▁the ▁Catholic ▁view , ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁contradiction . ▁ ▁E lio ▁S gre cc ia , ▁Vice ▁President