Protesters offered a platform

GUANGZHOU: Protesters will get their own start and finish line at the 16th Asian Games when they are held in this southern city in November next year.

Groups wanting to make a peaceful point during the Games will be able to do so from the confines of a special protest zone in Panyu district, said An Yaozhen, deputy director of the Games organizing committee's security department.

The idea of setting up a special protest zone was first tried on the mainland in Beijing in 2008 during the Olympic Games.