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2006年11月21日上午9点，刘美祥被带进法庭。法官宣布说：“被告人刘美祥，今天对你的案子进行宣判。”刘美祥显得很有礼貌地说了一句：“谢谢法官。”随后法官开始宣读判决书主文，刘美祥支棱着耳朵听候宣判，神情显得很紧张。当他听到“被告人刘美祥犯劫持汽车罪，非法制造枪支、爆炸物罪，决定执行有期徒刑十二年”后，突然激动起来，他没有喊“我冤枉”，而是冲法官嚷道：“那我的问题怎么解决？”当宣布把他带下去时，他真急眼了，跳着脚挣脱法警，继续喊：“我的事情怎么解决啊……你们不能光判我啊！我不服……”直到被扼住脖子勒住手臂。

But with 20,000 foreign journalists expected to be on hand, critics at home and abroad are also getting ready to use the occasion as a chance to amplify pressure on China. In a preview of what to expect, six foreign activists were detained and released last August for unfurling a massive banner on the Great Wall. Their slogan adapted the Beijing Olympic motto -- "One world, one dream" -- to call for a "Free Tibet."

Organizers face a dilemma: Clamp down too hard on protesters, and images will be beamed around the world showing foreign guests crushed by a one-party state. But let rallies grow too far on sacred political ground such as Tiananmen Square, and authorities risk emboldening wider unrest. In particular, the government will have to rely on street cops to differentiate between peaceful protesters and security threats.

"I want to show that it's not only the hope of the international community, but also the hope of Chinese people to improve their human-rights situation," said Liu Xiaobo, co-author of an open letter signed by 40 intellectuals and dissidents and posted on the Internet in August, urging Chinese leaders to do more to fulfill its rights commitments.