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Article: 1st Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Four foreign nationals ordered out of China for "Free Tibet" banners
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 6, 2008
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1st Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Four foreign nationals ordered out
of China for "Free Tibet" banners
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two Americans and two British
nationals have been ordered to leave China "within a prescribed time
limit" after displaying "Free Tibet" banners near an Olympic venue
in Beijing on Wednesday, local police said.
Two are expected to leave on Wednesday night and the other two on
Thursday.
"They disrupted public order and violated Chinese laws. Their
period of stay in the country will hereby be cut short according to
the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry
and Exit of Aliens," the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
said in a statement ...