It seems the Chinese government has decided to create several ‘Protest Pens’ in order to allow people to demonstrate in far away public parks, during the upcoming Olympics.
But how far will these zone go to provide at least some sort of freedom…
…can they hold elections within the pens? …maybe announce China’s first freely elected official? …maybe write the declaration for a free Tibet?…maybe the protesters can redraw the Chinese map - a free Tibet, an independent Taiwan…? …allow uncensored Internet access?
Unfortunately, these protest pens may actually work to Chinese government’s advantage as it allows them to them to control the protests to a certain extent… But how far will they go to flip the zones around and actually take advantage of it…
…Maybe create a database of protesters who use the pens? Who are they, where do they live, what are they protesting about…. maybe monitor their movements? … Perhaps its all a shrewed move to attract the troublesome demonstrators in one place - Use the pens as bait, allow the Olympics to finish and conveniently convert these pens into prisons (with the protesters already inside)?
