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China to Allow ‘Protest Lite’Posted on Jul 23, 2008
Taking cues from past Olympic protests and the U.S.’s notoriously ironic “free speech zones,” the Chinese government has declared its openness to dissidents criticizing the state—so long as dissent is contained in one of three areas, does not threaten vague notions of national unity, and is submitted five days beforehand to the local security bureau.
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