PROTESTS and rallies may be allowed during the Olympic Games in Beijing, but State permission must be granted and gatherings are restricted to a handful of parks in the capital. A senior security official with... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Jul 23 2008
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