[PotatoHeadMick]

So do I understand you correctly that some sort of extra security activity is occurring and the internet is indeed being blocked?

Would you say then that there might actually be something to this report?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Well,　internet　blocking　occurs　incessantly.　For　information　out　of　there,　you　need　two　or　three　independent confirmations.　Sometimes　the　sources　are　simply　very　anti-PRC　regime　and　will　print　anything,　such　as religious cults being cracked down upon by the PRC authorities. The best eyewitnesses might well be US or other foreign businessmen there who might be cavalierly witness to such stuff going down, or maybe foreign students who are fluent in Chinese who can pick up what the rumors are. In this day and age of small webcams, iPhones, flash drives, twitter, dummy domain names/blockers, proxy servers, etc. there are ways to get the photos out and over the "Chinese Great Wall". I have already seen one, several nights ago, of a blocked Beijing intersection by Public Security Bureau police, but not a particularly large presence such as columns of armored vehicles. If they start to kick out foreign press you will know something is coming down. I dont want to go into too much detail here as I dont want to quote a source in open form and then have the gonganju show up on that persons front door with handcuffs.