China Stamps Out Democracy Protests

China Stamps Out Democracy Protests
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Surrounded
A protester, center, is arrested by unidentified women believed to be plainclothes police in front of the Peace Cinema in Shanghai on Feb. 20. Though no major demonstrations were reported, the government responded with a strong show of force.

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