I wasn't disappointed.
Explains why the NYT is such a piece of crap now, and why I bypassed their site today (like most days).
I guess they never got over the Wen Ho Lee matter.
"Beijing sets zones for public protest during Olympics; Still unclear if foreign groups can get permits" by Jim Yardley, New York Times News Service | July 24, 2008
BEIJING - Beijing will permit public protests inside three designated city parks during next month's Olympic Games, but demonstrators must first obtain permits from local police and also abide by Chinese laws that usually make it nearly impossible to legally picket over politically charged issues, the authorities announced yesterday.
The arrangement marks a break from normal practice in China's authoritarian political system and seems loosely modeled on the protest zones created at previous Olympic Games and at many recent international political gatherings that attract large numbers of protesters.
You mean, like at U.S. POLITICAL CONVENTIONS, NYT?!
I'm already sickened at their shit shovel, and its going to get worse!
But it remained unclear whether international advocacy groups on issues like Tibet, Darfur, and broader human rights would be able to secure the bureaucratic approvals needed to use the protest zones and whether they would be arrested if they held demonstrations elsewhere in Beijing.
Umm, yeah, please see U.S. Tortures for China readers.
With only 16 days until the Olympic opening ceremony, China's ruling Communist Party is tightening security across the country and has shown little appetite for domestic political dissent. Several dissidents have been jailed, monitored, or placed under house arrest in recent months.
Hey, WEES TORTURE, Times!!!!
The issue of how much space, if any, China would allow for legal demonstrations became especially charged after the international Olympic torch relay earlier this year was marred by violent protests in London and Paris during angry confrontations between pro-China supporters and advocates for Tibet. Chinese leaders want the Games to showcase the country's achievements and are wary of protests being broadcast to a worldwide audience.
--MORE--"Ya gotta LOVE the SELECTIVITY on the PROTEST COVERAGE!!
I don't even have to say it anymore!
The Amerikan MSM PROVES THEY ARE LYING, AGENDA-DRIVING SHITS EVRY DAY!
Oh, and NEVER MIND that China had another temblor last night!
"BEIJING (AFP) — One person was killed and at least 17 injured on Thursday as three powerful earthquakes hit the area of China's southwest that was devastated by a massive tremor in May, local authorities said.
The three quakes rattled a rural, mountainous area of Sichuan province, the US Geological Survey said, where the May 12 quake struck leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing.
One person was killed in Thursday's quakes and at least 17 people were injured, including six seriously, the Sichuan Provincial Earthquake Bureau said in a statement on its website.
The local earthquake bureau said that 360 homes had collapsed and several roads had been damaged or destroyed in the quakes, which hit within a few kilometres of each other where Sichuan borders Gansu province."
