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A translation of encounters with a black jail in Beijing for detention of petitioners.

I wanted to see for myself what, if any protests were going to take place at my neighborhood Carrefour in Beijing. I noticed the added security, with uniformed police officers at each entrance. I also noticed in the parking lot, two officers in black with German Shepherds in tow (pictured).

Is this some kind of world conspiracy by special agencies? Does men in black kidnaps all the people with cameras who have smile on face? I can’t get it. Hey, wake up people!

British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing.

With dog meat banned from the official Olympic menu, dog owners in Beijing have a hard time dealing with the dog ownership laws imposed upon them.

Chinese police have detained 10 people in connection with the collapse of an underground railway tunnel being built for next year's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Six workers were reported to have been killed when the tunnel caved in last Wednesday.

State media has reported that the construction firm waited at least eight hours before reporting the accident to the authorities.

It is claimed that the company mounted an elaborate cover-up and tried to rescue the trapped workers on its own.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.

Uighur militants have been agitating to establish an independent East Turkestan in China's predominantly Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

"Over the course of the summer I was harassed four times by Public Safety Bureau officials leaving my building. Each time they asked for my registration card, and each time I told them that I did not have it. Why didn’t I have it? Well, there’s no law saying you are required to carry it, as I confirmed with the officers each time. It was in my apartment so I would not lose it."

Beijing officials announced a campaign Friday to hire 40,000 inspectors by May 1 to enforce a smoking ban in public places, but only the 2,000 inspectors will be authorized to fine people". Without the authority to fine violators, inspectors will be required to use creative ways to put out butts.