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AUG 10, 2008
Tibet Activists Take to Tiananmen
South China Morning Post
[Video] Five foreign activists from Students for A Free Tibet protested at Tiananmen Square on Saturday, the second day of the Olympics. The group's founder John Hocevar says non-violent protests will continue.
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AUG 6, 2008
4 Foreign Nationals Ordered to Leave China
China Daily (Xinhua)
Two Americans and two British nationals have been ordered to leave China "within a prescribed time limit" after displaying "Free Tibet" banners near an Olympic venue in Beijing on Wednesday, local police said. "They disrupted public order and violated Chinese laws. Their period of stay in the country will hereby be cut short according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens," the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said in a statement issued late on Wednesday.
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JUL 4, 2008
Efforts intensify in handling petition, complaints prior to Olympics
Xinhua
China's public security organs at all levels are being urged to put greater efforts into handling petitions to safeguard citizen's lawful rights and create a favorable environment for the upcoming Olympics.
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JUL 2, 2008
Tibet not open to global debate, spokesman says
China Daily
China expressed on Tuesday its resolute opposition to discussing the Tibet situation in any form at international conferences, saying the issue is an internal affair. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Tibet should not be linked to the Olympic Games, which was seen as a response to comments by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said his attendance at the Games' opening ceremony would depend on the progress of talks between the Chinese government and the private representative of the Dalai Lama.
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JUN 24, 2008
Olympic flame moves people as torch relayed on International Olympic Day
XinHua
The Olympic torch was relayed along the Qinghai Lake on Monday, the second stop of its Qinghai leg in "Journey of Harmony". Compared with the flame's travel in many big cities, its arrival in the pastoral Qinghai Lake is a special event for local Tibetans and other ethnic residents. Many of them came to the lakeside one or two days ago, waiting for the flame.
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