China has mounted a huge security operation in the capital in response to renewed online calls for protests. Anonymous postings had urged people to stroll silently in areas of major cities, as a way of calling for change. The massive police deployments are being seen as a sign of the Communist Party's nervousness at the civil unrest and revolutions across the Arab world. This was the third week of calls for protests and the anonymous posts urged people to take a walk through Xidan, a busy shopping area. Data signals on mobile phones were blocked and everywhere were huge numbers of plain clothes security men; wearing ear pieces, watching everything.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12658963
Jamie Alt
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