China STILL Censors Tiananmen Square Massacre

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Those horrorable pics are not shockable today.
Something awful surely happened then on Tiananmen Square.Just the trouble makers are the students and not anyone else.

 

[Jf Thunder]

Twenty-five years later, Tiananmen Square no less taboo for China's censors
By Zoe Li, CNN
updated 8:37 AM EDT, Wed April 16, 2014

A girl wounded during the clash between the army and students on June 4, 1989.

(CNN) -- Twenty-five years ago, Chinese college students in Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an began gathering to publicly mourn the death of a purged high-level official, Hu Yaobang.

A week later, thousands of students marched into Tiananmen Square for Hu's funeral.

The demonstrations escalated, culminating in the tragic military crackdown on the students on June 4, 1989 when Chinese troops opened fire on civilians and students. An official death toll has never been announced, but estimates range from several hundred to thousands.

In the lead-up to the 25th anniversary of the bloody incident this year, there are mixed signals from the Chinese authorities on their attitude towards the normally taboo subject.

After three generations of leadership since the student protests, there are signs of the authorities loosening online censorship of related subjects, although direct mention of "June 4th" is still banned.

1989: Man vs. tank in Tiananmen square


Marking death

Formerly the general secretary of the Communist Party, Hu Yaobang was a close ally of Deng Xiaoping. He worked with Deng to consolidate power and move China toward a more open political system, becoming a symbol of democratic reform.

Hu died of complications from a heart attack on April 15, 1989, two years after he was purged by party conservatives for advocating "bourgeois liberation." His death sparked a wave of student demonstrations across China that escalated into a hunger strike and the eventual military crackdown at Tiananmen Square.

With such a close link to the crackdown -- which the Chinese government has yet to acknowledge or apologise for -- Hu's name was banned from media until 2005 when his protégé, Hu Jintao, came into power and rehabilitated his mentor's name.

Last week, retired president Hu Jintao paid his respects at the late Hu's former residence in Jiangxi. Online reports and images of the visit were taken down by Chinese censors.

By Tuesday, the official anniversary of Hu's death, his former residence in Beijing was sealed and guarded by police, according to Hong Kong media. The home is normally open to public on the anniversary.

Hu's son, Hu Dehua, also visited his father's cemetery yesterday in Jiangxi Province. He told the media that had gathered at the gravesite that he was bewildered by the lack of official contrition for the Tiananmen Square incident. "What crime did the students commit?" he asked.

He further pointed out the contrast in the way authorities have handled the possible deaths of the Malaysian Airlines passengers against those of the students in 1989, calling it a double standard.

Still touchy

Despite all this, Chinese censors loosened their grip that same day. Hu Yaobang's name could be freely searched and online commemorations began to flood microblogging sites. Chinese news sites also published commemorative features on the ousted leader, including photos of Hu with his most famous protégés Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao.

The Beijing News gathered sentimental quotes from past essays on the late leader, written by other high-ranking officials. One by Hu Jintao reads: "After Comrade Hu passed away, I would visit his home every Spring Festival and gaze with deep affection at his portrait in the living room. His far-reaching vision and determined expression always gave me strength and encouragement."

But censors draw the line at any direct mention of the tragic crackdown. Searches for "June 4," "Tiananmen Square," and "Zhao Ziyang" (an official who was seen as sympathetic to the student protestors) yield nothing.

And by linking Hu Yaobang's career to any discussion of China's political system, you will get swiftly banned from the Chinese online world. An interview by the South China Morning Post with Hu's outspoken son, criticizing the lack of political reform and press freedom was deleted from the paper's Chinese Weibo account.

As the June 4 date draws near, this litmus test of the authorities' tolerance shows Tiananmen Square is no less an issue after 25 years.

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[BoQ77]

Then we know
Khmer Rouge learn the motto KILLING OUR OWN PEOPLE from whom ??
Chinese advisors in Cambodia could tell ...

 

[Hasbara Buster]

dude, havent yoy arrested, the woman in my picture, have tortured her like hell and given her 87 uears sentence, and also her children? what did u do with them? you talk of women rights, truth is you Americans are the biggest hypocrites the world has ever seen

The U.S. has NOT even signed or ratified the International treaties on women's rights, children's rights and many more basic treaties. I saw a list a couple of years ago of treaties either not signed or not ratified by the U.S. and Israel. It was absolutely shocking, we NEVER EVER hear of these ugly facts in Western media.

 

[Beidou2020]

The U.S. has NOT even signed or ratified the International treaties on women's rights, children's rights and many more basic treaties. I saw a list a couple of years ago of treaties either not signed or not ratified by the U.S. and Israel. It was absolutely shocking, we NEVER EVER hear of these ugly facts in Western media.

Don't ever bother calling them western 'media'.
They are nothing but propaganda mouthpieces of the western regimes.

 

[Hasbara Buster]

Don't ever bother calling them western 'media'.
They are nothing but propaganda mouthpieces of the western regimes.

Happy to see another enlightened human being.

 

[Pangu]

CEDAW = U.N.'s Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

 

[Jf Thunder]

The U.S. has NOT even signed or ratified the International treaties on women's rights, children's rights and many more basic treaties. I saw a list a couple of years ago of treaties either not signed or not ratified by the U.S. and Israel. It was absolutely shocking, we NEVER EVER hear of these ugly facts in Western media.

so you mean US does not support Woman rights, and asks others to do it? hypocricy

 

[xunzi]

It was a known fact the CIA instigated the event. This is the real danger of the USA. The more the world knows, the better they can to safeguard their national security from the US's dirty tactic.

 

[Nan Yang]

How the hat was not burnt or damage, or someone put the hat onto his head ?
We actually don't know who he really is ?

If the Chinese authorities don't censor, everyone would know the truth, but actually we just know what the authorities want us to "know" ...

Youtube clip would be good proof but Chinese people was not allowed to view Youtube, only state-controlled Weibo

Nice to see Chinese people love Liberty Goddess more than President Mao




We know that what the PLA heavy tanks use for ...

The PLA had to fight its way into the square through blockages man mainly by adult workers armed with molotov bombs and stolen arms. Most of the death occurred in these area. China do not deny that. But you cannot say it is a massacre when the PLA had to fight its way into the square.
China has also admitted that there were innocent people killed in the cross fire.

But in the Square itself where most of the students were. Nobody was killed.

 

[Nan Yang]

Yuri bezminov is right when he say that once the Nation is ideologically subverted, they will not able to see the truth though it is right in front of their eyes. they will see what ever they are programmed to see. Chinese are programmed to see CIA plot and agents every where by their communist government.

Do you even know the truth about the Sikh massacre.

1984 anti-Sikh riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1984 Sikh Massacre were a series of pogroms[2][3][4][5] directed against Sikhs in India, by anti-Sikh mobs, in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. There were more than 8,000[6] deaths, including 3,000 in Delhi.[4] The Central Bureau of Investigation, the main Indian investigating agency, is of the opinion that the acts of violence were organized with the support from the then Delhi police officials and the central government headed by Indira Gandhi's son, Rajiv Gandhi.[7] Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister after his mother's death and, when asked about the riots, said "when a big tree falls, the earth shakes".[8]

 

[boomslang]

dude, havent yoy arrested, the woman in my picture,...

The biatch is a terrorist, caught red handed. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. A Pakistani saying America is a shitty country ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!! That's a good one.

Don't ever bother calling them western 'media'.
They are nothing but propaganda mouthpieces of the western regimes.

Unlike RT and PressTV. HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!

 

[BoQ77]

The PLA had to fight its way into the square through blockages man mainly by adult workers armed with molotov bombs and stolen arms. Most of the death occurred in these area. China do not deny that. But you cannot say it is a massacre when the PLA had to fight its way into the square.
China has also admitted that there were innocent people killed in the cross fire.

But in the Square itself where most of the students were. Nobody was killed.

As you logic ... police could kill the victims when trying to kill the kidnapper ?
And the critical handling of govt to protesters longtime after incidents, even 10 year laters to their children. Their grown up children is difficult to get right to go aboard ( no passport for example) ; same restriction as to Uighur ...

How can you explain ?

 

[Jf Thunder]

The biatch is a terrorist, caught red handed. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. A Pakistani saying America is a shitty country ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!! That's a good one.

dude, all American women are bitches................ and you couldnt prove shit, and yes America is a shitty country

 

[boomslang]

dude, all American women are bitches................ and you couldnt prove shit, and yes America is a shitty country

The shitty bitch got caught red handed. She should be swinging.