Chinese police take away an elderly woman for petitioning on Tiananmen Square, Dec. 4, 2013. AFP Chinese authorities have detained thousands of petitioners who defied a ban to seek government redress in Beijing ahead of the July 1 anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, according to the petitioners Friday. The central government has banned citizens from bypassing local authorities to file petitions in Beijing from May 1 in its latest effort to streamline the chaotic petitioning system.
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