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The blocking of human rights websites in China leading up to the Olympics is part of an information control and surveillance network awaiting visitors that will include monitoring devices in hotels and taxis and snoops almost everywhere.
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Wang Sheqi, left to right, Yun Fangzhi and Zhang Yanqun walk outside the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The men left Beijing this summer with thousands of other migrant workers. The Olympic Green was...
