In April, riot police evicted the last remaining protesters holding up construction of a state television station's new headquarters in Beijing's glitzy central business district. It is being redeveloped in time for the Games to make the city look more modern.
Some residents of the low-rise, red-brick block of flats on the edge of the site had scrawled "Oppose forced eviction" and "Where are our rights?" on windows and banners and refused to leave for at least a year.
There were no obvious signs of the protesters as police, wearing bullet-proof vests and carrying batons, clambered over the roof of the building. Police told foreign reporters to leave.
The last building was only finally demolished last week -- but not before somebody had had time to write on the wall facing a main road in large, white letters -- "The Olympics -- a lifetime of pain." It was painted over in a matter of hours.
Top: Security guards stand at attention during a training session on July 24, 2007 in Beijing, China. China will step up security guard training in its occupational education in an effort to have more qualified personnel.
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