They were charged with "weakening national sentiment", "broadcasting false or exaggerated news which could affect the morale of the country", joining"an organisation formed with the purpose of changing the financial or social status of the state" and "inciting sectarian strife".
The PKK's policy of strictly forbidding its men and women to have sexual relationships certainly helped traditional families not to see their daughter's joining the organisation as an insult to the "honour" of the family.
Moreover, the main reason for the increase in America's deficit with China is that since joining the World Trade Organisation in 2001, China has become an attractive place in which to assemble goods that were previously made elsewhere in Asia.