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China: Pass on the temporary residence permit

Categories: East Asia, China, Governance, Law, Olympics

As reported on Danwei earlier [1], Beijing residents have been told to renew their (or start getting [2]) temporary residence permits before the Olympics. ‘I pay my taxes,’ [3] writes Bullog blogger Alading512, ‘and I have the freedom to not support the Olympics, so why should I fork out this 5 yuan fee?’