Police block gov't appeals office

BEIJING, China - A woman holds up her petition in Beijing on March 10. Uniformed and undercover officers lined the gate and driveway to the State Council Complaint Office in a residential area of Beijing, where people come to appeal cases of alleged corruption, miscarriages of justice or work safety problems.

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