The Tienanmen Square protests of 1989 are some of the most well known protests worldwide. It is the most sensitive day in Chinese history. The government has gone as far as arresting people who invoke its memory. Many of the families who were affected by the 1989 massacre have been placed under house arrest or are kept under surveillance. As the 25th anniversary approaches, the government has ramped up these efforts.
The Chinese government is trying to erase the event from history. The Chinese government is taking great steps towards keeping the event under wraps. The government has detained many journalists and confiscated their equipment. The authorities use vague reasons for arresting these journalists, saying that they are “endangering national security”, and that they are “enemies of the state”. It is a crime for the rest of the world to stand by and watch these basic human rights violated so obviously by the Chinese government. It is time to do something.
The Chinese government is trying to erase the event from history. The Chinese government is taking great steps towards keeping the event under wraps. The government has detained many journalists and confiscated their equipment. The authorities use vague reasons for arresting these journalists, saying that they are “endangering national security”, and that they are “enemies of the state”. It is a crime for the rest of the world to stand by and watch these basic human rights violated so obviously by the Chinese government. It is time to do something.
That's pretty interesting that the Tiananmen Square is fighting back because they had this problem before. I had never heard about this before, I thought this was over at the time. This might become a big problem for China.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese are way too cautious. They think that if they censor a ton of stuff they will be able to erase things from history. This is not true, if an event is big enough that the whole world knows about it then it will be impossible to erase it. Instead of trying to get rid of this event the Chinese should own up to it and just accept that it happened.
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