As the rest of the world marks the 30th anniv. of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, China finds ways to make its citizens avoid it. - janisfrayer
BEIJING — There are no memorials or commemorative events. In fact, there is no mention at all here of"the incident" that left hundreds, possibly thousands dead and changed the direction of modern Chinese history.
There are restrictions on freedom of speech and internet access that control what 1.4 billion people read, write, publish and post to social media. And every year, in the lead-up to June 4, the authorities go into overdrive. Beijing-based activists begin to disappear for what is commonly known as"annual forced vacations," where authorities escort them to other cities until the anniversary passes.
Thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil Tuesday in Hong Kong to mark the 30th anniversary of the crackdown against the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.Beijing has spent years suppressing history and then revising it, though the spring of 1989 was fundamental to how modern China is wired.
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