Issues
Human rights and censorship during the Olympics

Protest permits and zones
Liu Shaowu announced on July 23 that the Public Security Bureau would issue permits for protesting in protest zones during the Olympics. The three designated locations are Purple Bamboo Park, Temple of the Sun, and World Park. As of August 18, 2008, none of the 77 reported applicants has received approval.
Timeline of events for the war in Georgia

South Ossetia and Abkhazia are territories within Georgia that individually declared independence from Georgia and have each been acting in de facto independent capacities since the early 1990s. Neither state has been diplomatically recognised by any member of the United Nations. Georgia has offered limited autonomy to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but both have declined.





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