On August 21, the U.S. Federal Court of the District of Columbia, in the case of Yang融 and others suing the Liaoning Provincial Government for illegal expropriation of property, officially issued a civil summons to the Liaoning Provincial Government and sent it via express mail to the Ministry of Justice of China for transmission to the Liaoning Provincial Government. The summons stated: The defendant must respond within 60 days after service. If the defendant fails to submit a response on time, the court will rule in absentia against the defendant and make a judgment according to the compensation claims requested in the plaintiff's complaint...