The hotel staff who wash the bricks, cars and windows in the mornings in the courtyard of the Hebei Guesthouse did not stop their work or even divert their attention when about 20 elders from the area walked through the open red gates holding banners.
The group was here to protest and no one seemed to care.
A handful of women sat on the steps outside the lobby while the men tied red and white banners from corners of the roof to trees across the courtyard.
