{"id":35366,"date":"2009-03-09T22:52:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T05:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=35366"},"modified":"2009-03-09T22:52:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T05:52:13","slug":"china%e2%80%99s-leaders-see-a-calendar-full-of-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/03\/china%e2%80%99s-leaders-see-a-calendar-full-of-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Leaders See a Calendar Full of Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/11\/world\/asia\/11china.html?hp\">The New York Times looks <\/a>at fears of unrest in China as a series of sensitive anniversaries approaches:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThis year commemorates not only the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan revolt. June brings the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, protests that remain the most visible challenge to Communist rule. April is the 10th anniversary of major protests by the Falun Gong religious sect, which led to thousands of arrests and, in July of that year, a government ban on the group.<\/p>\n<p>May heralds the 90th anniversary of the May 4 movement, a 1919 student-led protest against imperial rule that is both a touchstone of Chinese nationalism and historic proof that people can challenge their rulers.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Oct. 1 is the 60th anniversary of the creation of the People\u2019s Republic of China. The government plans a major celebration and will be on the lookout for anyone who seeks to spoil it.<\/p>\n<p>The government is often alert for spoilers, of course, as it was for months during the security clampdown surrounding the Beijing Olympics last summer. But this year\u2019s concerns seem especially stark. In January, an authoritative state magazine, Outlook, <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/china-seen-facing-wave-of-unrest-in-2009\/\">issued an unusually blunt warning of the likelihood of unrest<\/a>, saying that \u201cwe are entering a peak period for mass incidents.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times looks at fears of unrest in China as a series of sensitive anniversaries approaches: This year commemorates not only the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan revolt. 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