China’s Olympic Battle Plan
Before the games begin, China intends to clear Beijing of tens of thousands of unwanted people and set up detention centres in the suburbs to hold petitioners who are expected to flock to the capital, while 70,000 police will patrol the district where most Olympic events will be held.
With the event less than six months away, a sense of tentative unease …
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