The Rectification of Names: Dongzhou – Sam Crane
The PRC government is trying to suppress information about the Dongzhou incident. They are blocking websites (not to worry: this blog is already blocked in China, I believe). They are not allowing reports in the domestic media about the shooting and killing of villagers. They even took down the first official statement on the matter from the Xinhua website (I will copy that text below the jump since it now seems to have historical significance). In all, they seem to believe that if they do not talk about it, if they do not name it, it will somehow not exist.
Well, the Dongzhou killings are facts; they exist as facts regardless of CCP propaganda. And we who have access to the information need to publish it, say it, reproduce it and circulate as much as possible. We need to name it. For in naming it, political action is enabled.
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