It Was 17 Years Ago Today: Never Forget Tiananmen Square
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The original BBC report on the day of the massacre is here, and includes an absolutely chilling 3-1/2 minute Real Player video report.
From Zee News in India: “The Chinese Red Cross estimates that between 2,000 and 2,500 people were killed as a result of the violence in 1989.”
From Wikipedia — The Chinese government gets high-tech help, from people who should know better, keeping the lid on any discussion of this dark chapter in Chinese history:
In January 2006, a deal struck with Google and Yahoo! confirmed that this is still a sensitive topic for the Chinese Government as Google’s Chinese site (Google.cn) now restricts locals from searching for information about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, as well as other topics such as Tibetan independence, the banned spiritual sect Falun Gong, and Taiwan.
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UPDATE: Slate has a well-done picture series.
