New Test for China as Torch Protests Loom in Hong Kong

The New York Times reports the Olympic torch relay coming to Hong Kong on Friday, the first on Chinese soil, is turning into a broader struggle over Hong Kong’s evolving role as an autonomous territory of China.

This past Saturday, the Hong Kong government denied entry to three Danish human rights advocates who had hoped to protest at the torch relay, detaining them for six hours and then putting them against their will on a flight to London.