{"id":13024,"date":"2007-06-04T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T18:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/04\/china-newspaper-ad-salutes-tiananmen-mothers-reuters\/"},"modified":"2007-06-04T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T18:03:49","slug":"china-newspaper-ad-salutes-tiananmen-mothers-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/china-newspaper-ad-salutes-tiananmen-mothers-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"China Newspaper Ad Salutes Tiananmen Mothers – Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nJune 4th marks the anniversary of the Chinese government’s repression of the Tiananmen Square demonstrators in 1989. Hong Kong held a candlelight vigil, where a black wreath was displayed to commemorate the bloodshed. One dissident placed an ad in a local newspaper early this morning, while online references to the massacre<\/a> circulate.\n<\/p>\n

\nFrom Reuters:\n<\/p>\n

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An advertisement saluting mothers of students and workers killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square<\/a> crackdown appeared in a newspaper in southwest China on Monday, two witnesses said, in a rare public criticism of the massacre.<\/p>\n

The advertisement, in the lower right corner of page 14 of the Chengdu Evening News, read: “Paying tribute to the strong mothers of June 4 victims”, two local residents who saw it told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Police are investigating how the advertisement got into the newspaper, one local resident who requested anonymity said. [Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nSee also the BBC<\/a> photo series and commentary on the Hong Kong vigil, as well as the New York Times<\/a> article on the vigil. See a photo of the Chengdu Evening News ad here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 4th marks the anniversary of the Chinese government’s repression of the Tiananmen Square demonstrators in 1989. Hong Kong held a candlelight vigil, where a black wreath was displayed to commemorate the bloodshed. One dissident placed an ad in a local newspaper early this morning, while online references to the massacre circulate. 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