The price of protesting in China -- 22 August 2008

While Olympic organisers have tried hard to put a lot of gloss over the Beijing games, they have failed to shake off criticism over the way protests have been handled.

In the latest incident two elderly women are facing a year in a labour camp after applying to hold a legitimate demo in one of Beijing's Olympic protest parks.

Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng reports.

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[calvinng99]

As a Chinese, I hate to say it but this is the real china.....

[jakob0815]

sucks to live in a tyranny.

[sandridgehillary]

keep on rockin' guys, wnt to see more from you…

[weissman2000]

@omfg4000

Terrorists?? hmm...

Guess u r not American?

[omfg4000]

@weissman2000 yup. but it wouldn't be if people were more like terrorists :)

[weissman2000]

@omfg4000

aint reality a bitch?

[omfg4000]

@weissman2000 Well obviously they should have been payed as much as it costs to get a new appartment near the place where they lost their place. In fact if China would be a just country in a communist sense they would have recived new appartments from the state. And if it was a just capitalist country they would have been payed market price.

[solidysnake1]

this report is biased.

[weissman2000]

Turtleman, don't project any of your foul and idiotic thoughts on me. Every conjecture u had is wrong in every respect. Every country has its own way of dealing with social problems. If those old people don't have children to support them in the twilight of their lives, then tough luck: You reap what you sow.

[EpicIzzy]

China gorvernment are too cruel to their own people. why they did so, they need more room for younger to grow...