Two 80 years old protesters was sent to labour education camp as they insisted to demonstrate in the Olympic protest area. Zhongoutese was very angry and said that the Olympic protest area was a trap for dissents. ...full story at Global Voices
from Global Voices on Fri, Aug 22 2008
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