Monthly Archives: June 2009
Tiananmen Anniversary Muted in Mainland China
From Washington Post: Mainland China remained quiet Thursday on the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, while tens of thousands
Q&A with Reps. Pelosi and Markey (Updated with Chinese Transcript)
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chair of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee Ed Markey sat down for an exclusive Q&A with CDT during
Reporters’ Trial Begins in N Korea
The trial of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee started yesterday in Pyongyang. The two reporters for Current TV were arrested while reporting from
Toll Rises to 25 in Southwest China Bus Fire
AP reports on a bus fire in Chengdu which killed 25: The cause of the blaze in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, remained under investigation,
Photo: Two women take a break near their road-side fruit stand in Shatang, by Expatriate Games
Two women take a break near their road-side fruit stand in Shatang, by Expatriate Games
Lone Man Confronts Tanks in Beijing
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in
Kevin Carrico: Remembering Tiananmen Square
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the violent military suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Cornell anthropology grad student Kevin Carrico
Photo: Behind the Scenes – A New Angle on Tank Man
From the New York Times blog: Terril Jones had only shown the photograph to friends. While working as a reporter in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square
Canada Refuses U.S. Request to Accept Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo
Canada has refused a request from the U.S. government to accept 17 Uighur prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp: The Obama administration has b
YWeekend: For the Company, Shut Your Dialect Mouths!
The Foreign Expert has translated an article at YWeekend disparaging the use of local dialects in the workplace: Recently, a small, privately held enterprise
The Day China’s Heart Froze
Dan Edwards interviews Tiananmen crackdown survivors Zheng Yujian and Liu Suli about their involvement in the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the ultimate
James Fallows: Today in Beijing and June 4 Report #1: Beijing
James Fallows at The Atlantic has written several posts about foreign media censorship and heavy police presence in Tiananmen Square on the 20th anniversary
Shanghaiist: ‘Undercover’ Police Block CNN, BBC, and AFP Cameras with Umbrellas on Tiananmen Square (with Video)
The Shanghaiist has collected several videos of plainclothes police disrupting foreign reporters in Tiananmen Square by walking in front of their cameras
Police Flood Tiananmen Square to Bar Protests (Updated with Pictures)
From New York Times: China blanketed Tiananmen Square with police officers Thursday, determined to prevent any commemoration of the 20th anniversary of
Chinese Websites Mark Tiananmen Square Anniversary With Veiled Protest
From guardian.co.uk: Chinese internet users are rebelling against an internet crackdown brought in on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Twenty
