Tiananmen Square

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Freedom @ Desborough

Thommo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:54:41 +0100

Tiananmen demo in London

vero — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:51:49 +0100

Cambridge - A River of Lights for Tiananmen

tonyee — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:33:55 +0100

QES AI Campaigns

PR — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:27:39 +0100

Remembering Tiananmen

vero — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:33:28 +0100

Remembering Tiananmen at the Chinese Embassy in London - 4 June 2009

vero — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:22:29 +0100

Witness to history

serpentinite — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:31:14 +0100

This marks the 20th anniversary of the Chinese government crackdown of student protesters in Tiananmen Square. In the past few days, I have been inundated with interview requests about my coverage there in 1989 and about a famous photograph I made. It is a picture of a young man halting the advance of a column of tanks near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Many call it iconic, but honestly, I call it a miracle because the picture was almost lost due to a miscalculated film speed setting. To make matters worse, I had received a massive concussion from a rock a protester threw that hit my head. The Nikon titanium camera had absorbed the shock — and saved my life. I also had the flu.

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"Tank Man": The Picture That Almost Wasn't

serpentinite — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:11:49 +0100

On June 5, 1989, the city of Beijing, wearied from weeks of unrest, desperately needed a dose of hope. When it arrived in the form of a slender, unarmed man staring down a column of military tanks, observers could not believe their eyes.

Source: "Tank Man": The Picture That Almost Wasn't

Returning to Tiananmen Square

serpentinite — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:54:41 +0100

On the day before my return to Honolulu, I struggled with jet lag and finally made the pilgrimage to Tiananmen Square. Security police squinted at me with cold stares and I felt like squinting back but I could not. The black and white video of a Chinese tank toppling the Goddess of Democracy was still etched in my brain. It was hard to imagine that this wide open square in the late afternoon was once filled with joyous hope for the future and dancing children only to be left in ruins with blood-stained tents.

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Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen

serpentinite — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:43:36 +0100

Twenty years ago, on June 5, 1989, following weeks of huge protests in Beijing and a crackdown that resulted in the deaths of hundreds, a lone man stepped in front of a column of tanks rumbling past Tiananmen Square. The moment instantly became a symbol of the protests as well as a symbol against oppression worldwide — an anonymous act of defiance seared into our collective consciousnesses.

Source: Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen

Tiananmen figures: 'Tank man' photographer

serpentinite — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:37:06 +0100

The picture of "tank man" has become the enduring image of the Tiananmen massacre, and one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th Century.

Jeff Widener was one of four photographers who captured the moment as he covered the protests for the US newswire the Associated Press.

"When I look at this picture I think of how close I came to not getting it," said Mr Widener.

Source: Tiananmen figures: 'Tank man' photographer

China orders PC makers to install blocking software | World news | The Guardian

vero — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:08:04 +0100

Computer makers in China have been instructed to pre-install blocking software on every PC hard drive from next month, under a government push to control access to the internet.

Source: China orders PC makers to install blocking software | World news | The Guardian

Stanchester School Our Square is Tiananmen Square

Stanchester Community School — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:21:37 +0100

Video: Tiananmen: a night of despair | World news | guardian.co.uk

vero — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:10:10 +0100

A bereaved mother, pro-democracy protesters and other witnesses recall the brutal crackdown 20 years ago that claimed hundreds, possibly thousands, of Chinese lives

Source: Video: Tiananmen: a night of despair | World news | guardian.co.uk

Oxford - Remembering Tiananmen Square

jnk106 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:28:28 +0100

Remembering Tiananmen at the Chinese Embassy

fionamc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:27:46 +0100

Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com

krease chan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:25:25 +0100

Few images are more recognizable or more evocative. Known simply as “tank man,” it is one of the most famous photographs in recent history

Source: Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com

MidWarwickshire Amnesty - our Tiananmen Square 20yr remembrance

DrPot — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:36:37 +0100

Tiananmen Square: Kate Adie Remembers

SamSam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:49:54 +0100

China's Tiananmen generation speaks

fionamc — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:31:22 +0100

China drew worldwide condemnation for brutally quashing a student uprising in Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989. But in the months and years that followed, the incident has remained largely unmentioned inside China, at least in public.

Source: China's Tiananmen generation speaks

Leeds Tiananmen Square 2009

KASH — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:17:40 +0100

Pelosi Pressured to Avoid China Dissidents

serpentinite — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:59:29 +0100

Beijing quietly pressured U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to curtail meeting with dissidents on last week's trip to China, sources say.

Quoting people familiar with the situation, the Washington publication Politico reported that Chinese diplomats in Washington discreetly urged Pelosi to not show up the country's leadership by loudly criticizing Beijing's human rights record as she has done in the past.

Source: Pelosi Pressured to Avoid China Dissidents

Photographer recalls Tiananmen

serpentinite — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:34:44 +0100

China is braced for the difficult 20th anniversary of the crackdown on students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square.

A lone protester blocking a column of tanks became the iconic image of the event.

Jeff Widener, one of the four photographers who captured the moment, returned to Beijing to tell James Reynolds his story.

Source: Photographer recalls Tiananmen

China: Rights Lawyers Face Disbarment Threats

serpentinite — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:15:12 +0100

Two prominent Chinese lawyers who offered to represent Tibetans face the loss of their professional licenses as part of a recent drive to threaten lawyers and law firms, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s unprecedented efforts to intimidate firms into refusing politically sensitive cases reflects the vulnerability of the legal profession, and overshadows the June 1, 2008, enactment of revisions to the Law on Lawyers, which is supposed to establish new procedural protections for lawyers.

Source: China: Rights Lawyers Face Disbarment Threats

China silences human rights lawyers as Tiananmen date looms

serpentinite — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:07:24 +0100

Chinese authorities effectively disbarred some of the country’s leading civil rights lawyers yesterday, dealing a blow to a group than has done more to hold the Government to account than any other in recent years.

Source: China silences human rights lawyers as Tiananmen date looms

China Blocks Twitter (And Almost Everything Else)

fionamc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:37:09 +0100

According to early reports on Twitter (Twitter reviews) and on blogs it seems that the Chinese authorities want to quiet down the entire major social networking and social media part of the web ahead of the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre on June 4th.

Source: China Blocks Twitter (And Almost Everything Else)

20 years on: Memories of Tiananmen

krease chan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:52:01 +0100

On 3-4 June 1989, hundreds - possibly thousands - of Chinese protesters were killed when their call for democracy on Beijing's Tiananmen Square was brutally crushed.

Source: 20 years on: Memories of Tiananmen

Dogstar on MySpace Music - Tiananmen song

vero — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:13:49 +0100

Check out this special song created by Dogstar to mark the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre.

Source: Dogstar on MySpace Music - Tiananmen song

Dogstar on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos

ZigZag — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:05:04 +0100

Check out this special song created by Dogstar to mark the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre.

Source: Dogstar on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos