Posts Tagged ‘ Police ’

The 9.18 Protest: a Show of Force

September 19, 2010
By C. Custer
Los Angeles Times Mobile News

A small but angry group of protesters turned out at the Japanese embassy Saturday morning to protest Japan's actions in the Diaoyu Islands. We headed down there with a video camera to take it all in.
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"Who Lives in This Room?"

May 28, 2009
By C. Custer
"Who Lives in This Room?"

When I had finished my meal and was heading home, the landlady came over anxiously and said, "Last night seven police officers came looking for you, they said they were looking for someone from Beijing who spoke Mandarin; they are checking all the guesthouses in Nanba. They were pianjing [片警, a common nickname for...
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