Ng Han Guan/AP Chinese municipal officers at the entrance to World Park in Beijing on Wednesday. The park is one of three designated for protesters during

AP By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY BEIJING — China's announcement that it will permit some protests at next month's Olympic Games met with skepticism Wednesday

By Lei Lei (China Daily) Beijing has earmarked three areas for public protests during the Olympic Games, a senior security official said Wednesday.

BEIJING (AP) — China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift that

Chinese authorities are planning to establish specially designated areas for protesters at next month's Olympic Games, according to security officials.

By VOA News China says it has designated three parks in outlying parts of Beijing to be used for public protests during the Olympic Games next month.

Beijing is to confine would-be political demonstrators to three "protest pens" in parks around the city during the Olympics, even as it warns human rights

"No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.

BEIJING will provide protest pens at three suburban parks where foreigners and Chinese citizens who are brave enough to apply for permission will be allowed

Even as Beijing takes tough measures when it comes to security, Olympics organizers offered further details on plans to allow demonstrators to protest in

China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing. But anyone wanting to protest will have to apply

SINGAPORE (AFP) — China and Japan might be Asia's traditional swimming powers but their glory could be usurped at the Olympics by South Korean sensation

By Jim van Wijk, PA Sport Former 110 metres hurdles world record holder Colin Jackson knows "massive star'' Liu Xiang will carry the weight of a nation when

Demonstrators will be allowed to stage protests in three designated areas at public parks across Beijing. According to the rules of the International

In what is seen as a breakthrough for human rights, Beijing yesterday indicated it will allow controlled demonstrations in and around the capital during the

The Chinese government will set aside three protest zones in city parks during the Olympic Games, Chinese officials said Wednesday.

BEIJING - A senior Beijing Olympic official said here Wednesday that Beijing is confident of dealing with any kind of security threat and will present the