Manuela Parrino, an Italian woman who has lived in Beijing for the last 41/2 years said she was "fed up with all the visiting journalists talking negatively about China." She decided to prove China's commitment to free speech during the Olympic Games by applying to protest against pollution, with her 4 year old son, in one of the designated zones. After 9 hours, over 2 days, of officials trying to dissuade her cause, and parrying almost nonsensical questions from the local police officials, Manuela's application was unsuccessful because her son was deemed "too young".
译文:
一个不争的事实：你无法在中国进行合法的抗议
曼纽尔·帕尔是一位来自意大利的妇人，她已经在北京生活了近21年，她说她“受够了所有新闻记者对中国的负面评价”。因此她决定和她4岁的儿子在一个指定的区域范围内呼吁大众反对污染，以此来证明中国许下的在奥林匹克运动会期间言论自由的承诺。就在她提出申请的9小时之后，政府官员对她的举动进行了超过两天的劝阻，并回避了来自当地公安机关官员提出的几乎荒谬的问题。曼纽尔夫人的申请最终因为她的儿子年龄太小而被拒绝了。
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