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AUG 6, 2008
Clandestine Olympic protests
BBC News
In the world of the Olympic protester, those people who have come to Beijing to voice their complaints about the Chinese government, cloak-and-dagger publicity stunts days before the start of the Games are one way to get their message out.
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AUG 6, 2008
Foreigners Protest for Tibetan Independence in Beijing
Deutsche Welle
Two days ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, China seems to have reneged on its pledge to honor freedom of expression after the arrest of demonstrators and the unexplained revocation of visas.
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AUG 5, 2008
China Clears Streets for the Olympics
Los Angeles Times
As part of its bid to host the Olympics, China promised to improve its human rights record. Last month, the government announced that it would go so far as to designate space in city parks where protesters could exercise free speech. But such pledges come at the same time as the unprecedented crackdown in the streets. Along with beggars and pickpockets, the petitioners appear to top the list of the personae non gratae whom Beijing wants out before Friday. The petitioners are living in the streets largely because the Chinese government, citing concerns over Olympic security, has in recent weeks closed down thousands of cheap hotels and basement apartments where rooms could be rented for less than $1 a day. The government has also demolished housing in entire neighborhoods where petitioners have lived.
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AUG 5, 2008
China’s Iron Hand
The Arizona Republic
Instead of the Olympics serving as a means for China to clean up its human-rights act, it is using the excuse of the Games to clamp down even further. And, instead, to paint on that veneer of excitement and joy.
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AUG 4, 2008
16 Chinese Police Officers Killed
The Globe and Mail
With the Olympics just four days away, China has been hit with a violent attack that killed 16 police officers in its troubled Muslim region of Xinjiang, one of the bloodiest assaults on Chinese authorities in many years. The attack is likely to escalate tensions that are already running high on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. China has mobilized an anti-terrorism force of 100,000 soldiers and police, along with a battery of surface-to-air missiles, to protect the Olympic Games from terrorist attacks.
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