Canadians head home following deportation from China

[CBC News]

Three Canadians who were arrested by Chinese police following a protest at the Great Wall against China's presence in Tibet are expected to arrive in Canada Thursday.
The British Columbian activists — Lhadon Tethong, Sam Price and Melanie Raoul — were deported from China after their release on Wednesday and flew into Hong Kong.
Raoul and Price were arrested Tuesday after they unfurled a 42-square-metre banner reading "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English and Chinese from the Great Wall.
The banner adds three words — "Free Tibet 2008" — to the official slogan of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which are set to begin one year from Tuesday.
Five other activists — two from the U.K and three from the United States — were also arrested and released.
All the activists are part of Students for a Free Tibet, a New York-based group for which Tethong serves as executive director.
Tethong said the group knew their actions on the Great Wall weren't legal and that arrests were a possibility.
The incident drew international attention, with videos of the Great Wall protest posted on YouTube.
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[TenPenny]

I laughed when I saw that story. What, exactly, did they think was going to happen? As far as I'm concerned, they're lucky to still be alive.

Middle class folks from Canada often don't seem to grasp just how little they know about the big world out there. Protesting in China is asking to be shot, and they must know that.