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Tibet protesters arrested before China US visit
AFP 2 hrs 10 mins ago
Police on Monday arrested activists who unfurled a banner reading, "Tibet Will be Free," on a major Washington bridge ahead of a closely watched visit by China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping.
Officers took four people into custody after they rappelled down the Arlington Memorial Bridge, which connects Virginia with central Washington's National Mall, to hang the banner, police said.
The four -- two of whom were taken by a police boat as they dangled down the side of the bridge over the Potomac River -- will be presented to a court on charges of trespassing, US Park Police spokesman Sergeant David Schlosser said.
Protesters also planned rallies Monday and Tuesday outside the Chinese embassy and the White House to protest against Xi's visit, which comes as residents and rights groups report a clampdown inside Tibet.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/tibet-protesters-detained-china-us-visit-180445299.html
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Police on Monday arrested activists who unfurled a banner reading, "Tibet Will be Free," on a major Washington bridge ahead of a closely watched visit by China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping.
Officers took four people into custody after they rappelled down the Arlington Memorial Bridge, which connects Virginia with central Washington's National Mall, to hang the banner, police said.
The four -- two of whom were taken by a police boat as they dangled down the side of the bridge over the Potomac River -- will be presented to a court on charges of trespassing, US Park Police spokesman Sergeant David Schlosser said.
Protesters also planned rallies Monday and Tuesday outside the Chinese embassy and the White House to protest against Xi's visit, which comes as residents and rights groups report a clampdown inside Tibet.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/tibet-protesters-detained-china-us-visit-180445299.html
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Tibet protesters arrested before China US visit (Original Post)
ellisonz
Feb 2012
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virgogal
(10,178 posts)1. I would have expected nothing else. It IS China.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)2. What a surprise... we cow to the whims of China again and again.
Would someone with a backbone please run for office!
EDIT TO ADD: I wasn't talking about the presidency.
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)3. shame shame shame
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)4. Not well thought out
Hanging a banner in English? Why not in Chinese? I'm sure if you told Homeland Security it said "America welcomes you with open arms", they would even help you put it up.