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I have been waiting for someone else to discuss this (and for someone who knows how to post images or even videos).
But -- to the best of my knowledge -- no other member has mentioned it: 30 years ago occurred the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Students in Beijing (and in other cities) were demanding a little more democracy.
The old men who ruled China (with a few notable exceptions) were afraid of losing power (and maybe even being arrested).
So they brought in the soldiers (who may have been envious of the university-educated students).
The soldiers killed hundreds or thousands in Beijing.
No one knows.
The massacre is a taboo in China.
But for some strange reason, the Chinese government decided to mention it this year. As you can imagine, the spokesperson justified the crackdown.
Perhaps the most famous photograph is that of a young man who persuaded a file of tanks to stop simply by standing in front of the lead tank.
Nobody knows what happened to him.
I'm old enough to remember how CNN's live feed from Beijing was suddenly cut by the censors. (To think of how low CNN has fallen during the last two years makes me sick.)
Let's all hope that someday the Chinese government will apologize for the massacre and give the people a little more participation in the affairs of their country.
But -- to the best of my knowledge -- no other member has mentioned it: 30 years ago occurred the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Students in Beijing (and in other cities) were demanding a little more democracy.
The old men who ruled China (with a few notable exceptions) were afraid of losing power (and maybe even being arrested).
So they brought in the soldiers (who may have been envious of the university-educated students).
The soldiers killed hundreds or thousands in Beijing.
No one knows.
The massacre is a taboo in China.
But for some strange reason, the Chinese government decided to mention it this year. As you can imagine, the spokesperson justified the crackdown.
Perhaps the most famous photograph is that of a young man who persuaded a file of tanks to stop simply by standing in front of the lead tank.
Nobody knows what happened to him.
I'm old enough to remember how CNN's live feed from Beijing was suddenly cut by the censors. (To think of how low CNN has fallen during the last two years makes me sick.)
Let's all hope that someday the Chinese government will apologize for the massacre and give the people a little more participation in the affairs of their country.
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