20 years ago there was a student protest in Tiananmen Square a movement that was pro-democratic which is a very sensitive matter to the Chinese. The Chinese declared martial law and sent tanks to scare off students. Many were killed and injured. To this day China does not like their citizens finding out more information about this controversy and has censored sites such as: Twitter, Flicker and Youtube. Here are some videos on CNN.com with reporters attempting to talk about the controversy inside of Tiananmen Square.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/internati...ref=videosearch
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/...ref=videosearch
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Tiananmen Square
Started by MaiAndy, Jun 04 2009 03:28 PM
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Posted 14 June 2009 - 07:50 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 08:18 PM
Feels like the Chinese government is trying to say that but that was only 20 years ago. There are some senior citizens that still remember it and even adults. Hard to not talk about it when kids today ask the darnest questions.
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Posted 23 June 2009 - 03:45 PM
I read an article about a ton of censorship occurring in China regarding the events that took place in Tienanmen Square. It's ridiculous how the government is trying to hide their dirty actions. Apparently a lot of students in China never even learn about it.
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Posted 23 June 2009 - 04:19 PM
SolR, on Jun 23 2009, 04:45 PM, said:
I read an article about a ton of censorship occurring in China regarding the events that took place in Tienanmen Square. It's ridiculous how the government is trying to hide their dirty actions. Apparently a lot of students in China never even learn about it.
It's never taught in school. Now I want to ask my parents if they remember the incident.
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Posted 23 June 2009 - 04:22 PM
MaiAndy, on Jun 23 2009, 05:19 PM, said:
It's never taught in school. Now I want to ask my parents if they remember the incident.
If they were living in China at the time, they probably haven't. If you remember, that video was taken from some American reporter's video cam. It probably wasn't broadcasted at all on an Chinese network at the time.
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Posted 23 June 2009 - 04:24 PM
blackmanor1000, on Jun 23 2009, 05:22 PM, said:
If they were living in China at the time, they probably haven't. If you remember, that video was taken from some American reporter's video cam. It probably wasn't broadcasted at all on an Chinese network at the time.
But word does get around. You can't censor gossip by word of mouth.
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