Gulou meeting silenced

• Source: Global Times
• [01:10 March 29 2010]
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He Shuzhong said he thinks the biggest problem with the redevelopment of old Beijing districts is that existing laws, regulations and policies are not well respected, and that scholars and experts from the relevant cultural protection bureaus are very inactive during internal consultative meetings within the government.

A person who answered the phone at Andingmen police station refused to comment on why the meeting was cancelled, saying, "We are in charge of this area so our presence in this area is something normal."

Organizer He would only say, "I was informed of the cancellation of the meeting only around Friday noon time."

Both he and a spokeswoman from the group refused to elaborate. Local residents said that no one has received eviction notices related to this project.

Chris Hawke contributed to this story