Last night's Channel Four News featured the splendid Mrs Wu and Mrs Wang, neighbours aged 77 and 79 respectively, who have been sentenced to one year's "re-education through labour" (though told that they may serve it at home, however one does that) after they went along to one of the protest parks set up to coincide with the Olympics, in order to demonstrate against the demolition of their former homes and their re-housing in ramshackle shacks. The Police even had to confiscate their "criminal equipment", namely the fireworks that they had intended to let off in protest.
While under arrest, they managed to lodge a complaint about the food provided, which Mrs Wang could not eat, because she has no teeth. She is also almost blind.
And Mrs Wu was shown as adept at driving away spies from her doorway, fearlessly shouting them down while waving her walking stick.
There are many Mrs Wus and Mrs Wangs in this world. But still nowhere near enough.
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