China Yet to Approve Any Protests

Remeber how China promised to set up areas for protesters and how the IOC triped over themselves to praise them? Well, China has yet to approve a single protest during the olympics! It seems the Chinese have been arresting people who had applied to protest. BBC

China has received a total of 77 applications to stage protests during the Olympic Games period - but none has been approved.

Beijing's public security bureau said 74 applications were "withdrawn", two were "suspended" and one was "vetoed".

China was praised by the International Olympic Committee when it said protest areas would be set up for the Olympics.

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A demonstration can be turned down if it could harm national sovereignty or unity, or even if the police suspect it will "undermine public order".

Protesters were supposed to be able to demonstrate in Shijie, Zizhuyuan and Ritan parks during the Olympics.

But no areas appear to have been set up for protesters inside the parks, which are being heavily policed during the Olympics.

Some would-be protesters even appear to have been arrested after making applications to stage demonstrations.