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No protesters for protest zones

As reported on Danwei on July 23, "BOCOG's Security Department head Liu Shaowu said that Beijing had already set up special demonstration zones for protesters to express themselves" (link). Mirlin168 visited the three protest zones on August 11, and... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Mon, Aug 18 2008

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12 Aug 08		8.8.08 Joint protest in UK » YouTube video08 August 08 As the world watches the opening ceremony in Beijing, protesters congregate at the Chinese Embassy in London
23 Jul 08		China: Olympic protest zones » Global Voices Jeremy Goldkorn at Danwei.org translates the news that the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games has designated three special demonstration zones for protesters who show up at the Games.
23 Jul 08		Three official protest zones for Olympics » Danwei A pleasant place for a protest From Xinhua, via Sina.com, in translation: Special protest zones for Olympics The Beijing Olympics News Center today gacve a press conference titled 'Peaceful Olympics Beijing Security Work'. BOCOG's Security...
23 Jul 08		(Letter) China to set up designated protest zones for Beijing Olympics » Blogging For China Saw on ESPN.com AP reports that Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month’s Olympics … Liu Shaowu, director for security for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, said Wednesday that areas in at least...
18 Aug 08		77 applications for rally zones » Shanghai Daily BEIJING authorities have received 77 applications for demonstrations in the special protest zones set up around the Beijing Olympics since August 1, but none have been approved so far, a spokesperson for the municipal...
23 Jul 08		Are we in Beijing or Boston? » Peking Duck Andy R Protest Zones? It seems Beijing is taking a cue from Boston’s strategy of using “Free Speech Zones” to “quarantine” protestors during the Republican National Convention in 2004. Well, this is better than nothing at...

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