From Reuters via the Boston Globe (link)
So much so, the Shanghai native says, she considered trying to throw herself in front of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao‘s car this month after his annual press conference, in a last ditch bid to draw attention to a festering property dispute.
But when two women in front of her outside the Great Hall of the People, where Wen had been speaking, started trying to give out their own letters of protest and were swiftly pounced on by two burly policemen, Wu instead melted into the crowd.
“I didn’t want to be arrested again,” said the slightly built Wu, who did not want her real name used for fear of retribution against her family. “I’ve already been beaten up so many times. But then again, I really have nothing else to lose.”
