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Badiucao: Tiananmen Traffic Control

Cartoonist Badiucao pays tribute to the victims of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing. While the tanks get a red light, the infamous “Tank Man” gets a green: As the 28th anniversary of the crackdown approached, activists have been put under surveillance, detained, or questioned, while the usual internet controls were tightened. Foreign users of Sina Weibo were not allowed to post images or videos from Saturday through Monday. Happy Systems Maintenance