I take it those celebrating Tienanmen Square 25th anniversary will be flying the Chinese flag, right? What is the problem? There have been many leaders that have come through the government's Presidency and otherwise in the past 25 years. There is a problem to realize the Chinese like to express themselves? I think the episode in Tienanmen has been classified wrongly by the Chinese government. The tank stopped. Why?
Give me a break. There was massive amounts of compassion shown by the Chinese government regarding the loss of the Malaysian jet. I don't think many other countries would have participated so closely with the families. China has come eons since the days of Tienanmen.
The Chinese people are evil and the tank driver was not? There was communication that day in Tienanmen Square. The communication was cultural. It told the world being a Chinese citizen was powerful to it's military. The Chinese government needs to think through this crack down. Seriously. China has to realize the incredible impact Tienanmen made on the positive image of the Chinese people. The first instinct by the tank driver was to protect a Chinese man. That translated an understanding of the Chinese the world has never witnessed before. It is huge and it isn't going away.
Should the government ever be an enemy to it's people?
Prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (bottom right) has been under
detention since Sunday after attending a June 4, 1989 remembrance
seminar in Beijing. Photo: Supplied
May 6, 2014 - 6:16PM
Beijing – Internationally-renowned Chinese rights (click here) lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been detained as part of a widening crackdown aimed at intimidating activists in the lead up to the sensitive 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre next month.
Mr Pu, a student leader during the 1989 protests who has become a leading voice in the push for rule of law and freedom of expression in China, was taken from his home late on Sunday. Police then raided his house on Monday afternoon, confiscating his mobile phone, computer and some books. Lawyers and friends close to Mr Pu said he has been told he was being detained for ''creating a disturbance''.
Mr Pu’s detention came less than two days after he participated in a small seminar in Beijing with about 20 other Chinese scholars, lawyers and family members of victims, and which discussed the impact of the June 4, 1989 pro-democracy demonstrationsin which hundreds were killed.
Prominent activists and rights lawyers are routinely monitored in China, and their movement is often restricted during sensitive periods. Li Weidong, a political analyst, said the mood this year was ''much more sensitive, much more frenzied'' compared to previous years. Gao Yu, a prominent journalist who has been jailed twice in connection to the Tiananmen Square protests, has been missing since April 24....
Give me a break. There was massive amounts of compassion shown by the Chinese government regarding the loss of the Malaysian jet. I don't think many other countries would have participated so closely with the families. China has come eons since the days of Tienanmen.
The Chinese people are evil and the tank driver was not? There was communication that day in Tienanmen Square. The communication was cultural. It told the world being a Chinese citizen was powerful to it's military. The Chinese government needs to think through this crack down. Seriously. China has to realize the incredible impact Tienanmen made on the positive image of the Chinese people. The first instinct by the tank driver was to protect a Chinese man. That translated an understanding of the Chinese the world has never witnessed before. It is huge and it isn't going away.
Should the government ever be an enemy to it's people?
Prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (bottom right) has been under
detention since Sunday after attending a June 4, 1989 remembrance
seminar in Beijing. Photo: SuppliedMay 6, 2014 - 6:16PM
Beijing – Internationally-renowned Chinese rights (click here) lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been detained as part of a widening crackdown aimed at intimidating activists in the lead up to the sensitive 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre next month.
Mr Pu, a student leader during the 1989 protests who has become a leading voice in the push for rule of law and freedom of expression in China, was taken from his home late on Sunday. Police then raided his house on Monday afternoon, confiscating his mobile phone, computer and some books. Lawyers and friends close to Mr Pu said he has been told he was being detained for ''creating a disturbance''.
Mr Pu’s detention came less than two days after he participated in a small seminar in Beijing with about 20 other Chinese scholars, lawyers and family members of victims, and which discussed the impact of the June 4, 1989 pro-democracy demonstrationsin which hundreds were killed.
Prominent activists and rights lawyers are routinely monitored in China, and their movement is often restricted during sensitive periods. Li Weidong, a political analyst, said the mood this year was ''much more sensitive, much more frenzied'' compared to previous years. Gao Yu, a prominent journalist who has been jailed twice in connection to the Tiananmen Square protests, has been missing since April 24....
