MADISON, Wis.—On April 19, 2008, a rally celebrating the global Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) to raise the awareness of the Chinese communist regime's deteriorating human rights abuses prior to the Olympic Games met with a crowd of hundreds of Chinese protesters.
Clad in red T-shirts and waving China's flag, the fervent Chinese protesters, consisting of mostly students, besieged the rally and caused a commotion at the event.
Suspecting the young Chinese students to be hired by the Chinese Consulate, eyewitnesses were reminded of "Red Guards" during China's Cultural Revolution.
 A protester holding a sign that says "Free All Mankind" in English and "Liberate Mankind" in Chinese, which was a popular slogan that the Chinese Communist Party used during the Cultural Revolution to encourage people to "liberate" the world. (Yang Yang/The Epoch Times)
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 The global Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) comes to Wisconsin. The HRTR aims to highlight China's worsening human rights abuses prior to the Olympic Games. (Yang Yang/The Epoch Times)
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 Young Chinese protesters shout slogans. (Yang Yang/The Epoch Times)
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 Young men jeering the rally and singing the Chinese Communist Party's "songs of revolutions" remind onlookers of "Red Guards". (Yang Yang/The Epoch Times)
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 Chinese students in red shirts jeered the Human Rights Torch Relay participants and sang songs of the communist revolution, reminding people of "Red Guards". (Yang Yang/The Epoch Times)
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 An elderly protester stands quietly watching the commotion, surrounded by young men shouting at the top of their lungs. (Yang Yang/The Epoch Times)
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