There Will Be No Protesting in China's Designated Protest Zones

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 There Will Be No Protesting in China's Designated Protest Zones
Old women can be so annoyingly persistent . Take these two old Chinese broads (pictured) who had the audacity to try and protest at the Beijing Olympics in one of the two areas officially designated for, well, protest: The women, Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, had made five visits to the police this month in an effort to get permission to protest what they contended was inadequate ... [link]

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Old Chinese Women Forced Into Labor For Protest
Published 8/21/2008 by Eamonn at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... could arrest them in advance. Which is actually really smart, when you think about it. But of course, it’s not that the Chinese are afraid of a little dissent. No! It’s that these two lovely, cane-restricted 70-year-old women are needed for some very important government works project in the hinterland. What an honor! Congratulations, ladies — vacation comes early this year! Now you will go to sleep, or I will put you to sleep. You’re in the Sichuan Province now, grandma. (HT: TSB )

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