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China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution'

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Middle East of people milled about the protest
gathering spot, outside a McDon-
uprisings inspire ald's on the capital's busiest shop-
ping street. In Shanghai,' police
China protest led away three people near the
planned protest spot after they
BEIJING (AP) - Jittery Chi- scuffled in an apparent bid to grab
nese authorities staged a show the attention of passers-by.
of force to squelch a mysterious Many activists said they didn't
online call for a "Jasmine Revolu- know who was behind the cam-
tion," with hundreds of onlook- paign and weren't sure what to
ers but only a handful of people make of the call to protest, which
actively joining protests inspired first circulated Saturday on the
by pro-democracy demonstra- U.S.-based Chinese-language
tions sweeping the Middle East. news website Boxun.com.
Authorities detained activists The unsigned notice called for a
Sunday, increased the number of "Jasmine Revolution" - the name
police on the streets, disconnect- given to the Tunisian protest
ed some cell phone text messaging movement - and urged people "to
services and censored Internet take responsibility for the future."
postings about the call to stage Participants were urged to shout,
protests in Beijing, Shanghai and "We want food, we want work, we
11 other major cities. want housing, we want fairness"
Police took at least three peo- - a slogan that highlights com-
ple away in Beijing, one of whom mon complaints among Chinese.
tried to place white jasmine flow- China's authoritarian govern-
ers on a planter while hundreds ment is ever alert for domestic

discontent and has appeared
unnerved by protests in Egypt,
Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria
and Libya. It has limited media
reports about them, stressing the
instability caused by the protests,
and restricted Internet searches
to keep Chinese uninformed
about Middle Easterners', griev-
ances against their autocratic rul-
ers.
Though there are many simi-
larities between the complaints
voiced by Middle East citizens
and the everyday troubles of Chi-
nese, Beijing's tight grip on the
country's media, Internet and
other communication forums
poses difficulties for anyone try-
ing to organize mass demonstra-
tions.
Police stepped up their pres-
ence near major public squares
and canceled holidays for officers
across 20 cities in response to the
protest appeal, the Hong Kong-
based Information Center for

Human Rights and Democracy
reported.
Extensive Internet filtering and
monitoring meant that most Chi-
nese were unlikely to know about
the call to protest Sunday. Boxun.
com is blocked, as are Twitter and
Facebook, which were instru-
mental in Egypt's protest move-
ment. Tech-savvy Chinese can
circumvent controls, but few of
the country's Internet users seek
out politically subversive content.
Anti-government gatherings
in China are routinely stamped
out by its pervasive security forc-
es, which are well-funded and
well-equipped. A pro-democracy
movement in 1989 that directly
challenged the Communist gov-
ernment was crushed by the
military and hundreds, perhaps
thousands, were killed.
On Saturday, President Hu Jin-
tao ordered national and provin-
cial officials to "solve prominent
problems which might harm the

harmony and stability of the soci-
ety."
One person sitting in the
McDonald's after the brief protest
in Beijing said he saw Sunday's
gathering as a dry run.
"Lots of people in here are
Twitter users and came to watch
like me," said 42-year-old Hu Di.
"Actually this didn't have much
organization, but it's a chance to
meet each other. It's like prepar-
ing for the future."
With foot traffic always heavy
at the Wangfujing pedestrian
mall, it was difficult to discern
who showed up to protest, who
came to watch and who was out
shopping. Many wondered if
there was a celebrity in the area
because of the heavy police pres-
ence and dozens of foreign report-
ers and news cameras.
As the crowd swelled and police
urged people to move on, 25-year-
old Liu Xiaobai placed a white jas-
mine flower on a planter in front

of the McDonald's and took some
photos with his cell phone.
"I'm quite scared because they
took away my phone. I just put
down some white flowers, what's
wrong with that?" Liu said after-
ward. "I'm just a normal citizen
and I just want peace."
Security agents tried to.take
away Liu, but he was swarmed
by journalists and eventually was
seen walking away with a friend.
Two other people were taken
awaybypolice,includingashabbi-
ly dressed old man who was curs-
ing and shouting, though it wasn't
clear if he was there because of
the online call to protest.
In Shanghai, three young men
were taken away from outside a
Starbucks coffee shop in People's
Square by police, who refused to
answer reporters' questions about
why they were detained. They
trio had been shouting complaints
about the government and that
food prices are too high.


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