*UPDATE
Tiananmen 20th anniversary Brings New Repression
Tiananmen Security Tight on Crackdown Anniversary
Before going to China I was told that it would not appear communist and that most of what is "communist" is done in the background. While in China, I found the former to be true and my ideas and images that I had seen in history books of communism were nowhere to be found. However, I came across this article on Yahoo. Today, June 3, 2009, marks the 20th anniversary of the protests at Tiananmen Square, and it was exactly one week ago that I was there. The majority of the Chinese people don't know about the event and apparently the Chinese Government is trying to keep it that way. In China, Google's Blogger is blocked and I learned this the hard way. All my blog posts were done via Flickr. I had to post a photo and then blog about it. However, the Chinese government blocked Twitter and Flickr in China today to prevent possible publicity about the protests 20 years ago. Therefore, if I was there now, I wouldn't be able to blog. Thus, it is true, China may not appear communist, but in the background, it is.
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Wow, I had no idea! And they have had youtube blocked since March? crazy...
ReplyDeleteThat's the way it was when I was there. Although, it was apparent to me when I watched the news that was edited and old, but broadcasted as up to date. They didn't hide it in the respect that it said, "recorded on..." The Chinese didn't realize stuff had been cut out. Although, studies have been done in the U.S. also--how are we being brain washed?
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