On August 17, 2008, two elderly people, Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying, who had applied to petition in the Beijing Olympics protest zone because their homes were forcibly demolished, were decided to be subjected to one year of re-education through labor on the grounds of disturbing public order; on August 29, that decision was rescinded under pressure from international public opinion.
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NBC/美联社：China lifts sentence for protesting grandmas
2026-10-06 23:36 · On Aug. 17, authorities sentenced Wu Dianyuan, 79, and her neighbor Wang Xiuying, 77, to a year of re-education through
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Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying Sentenced to Re-education Through Labor for Applying to Protest at the Olympics
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