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Comment (BEIJING -- China will not tolerate unauthorized parades, demonstrations or other gatherings during next year's Olympic Games, a police spokesman said Thursday in a warning to groups hoping to use the Games' visibility to publicize their causes.
"Any group or individual who stages a gathering, parade, or demonstration during the Beijing Olympic Games period must respect Chinese law," Public Security Ministry press officer Wu Heping said. "As to those legal activities, police will protect them according to the law. As for those activities that are illegal, we police will handle them according to the law."
* FILE * Members of Reporters Without Borders display posters depicting the Olympic rings made with handcuffs on a pedestrian bridge outside the headquarters of the Beijing Olympic planning committee seen at right in Beijing, in this Aug. 6, 2007 file photo. China will not tolerate unauthorized parades, demonstrations or other gatherings during ...