A man cries as he shows his petitioning paper to Reuters journalists near the State Bureau for Petitions...
Jiang Dianlin (C) from Nanyang city cries as he shows his petitioning paper to Reuters journalists near the State Bureau for Petitions and Visits, which handles applications from petitioners from all over China, in Beijing July 23, 2013. Petitioning the central government - part protest, part entreaty - is seen by many as the only chance of redress in a country where law courts can be manipulated by the very officials responsible for injustices. Only a tiny minority solve their problems through petitions, according to many studies, but some people still fight on, sometimes for years, abandoning families and livelihoods. Picture taken July 23, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY HEALTH)