Results tagged “tianmensquare1989”

• West miscasts Tiananmen protesters [Financial Times] "To say the demonstrations were to “demand democracy” is an oversimplification. The truth is that the students in the square had only the haziest understanding of western-style democracy."

• The New York Times brings us in depth with the various photographers (yes, there was more than one) that captured the lone man standing in front of a line of tanks - possibly the most damaging photo(s) to China's reputation ever taken.
• CNN talks to former student leader Xiong Yan, who describes meeting senior government leaders before the government crackdown.
• In case you wanted a play by play run down, the BBC has a timeline of the protests - including the tulmultuous month before the final showdown at Tiananmen.

• In China, a new breed of dissidents [WSJ] "Political consciousness is beginning to spread," says Merle Goldman, professor emerita of history at Boston University and associate at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. "Ordinary people use the term 'rights' now," she says. "The problem is, of course, that there's not much they can do about it at this point. But the concept is there."
• Nine cases added to mainland total [Shanghai Daily] "The Guangdong Health Department said last night that three new cases in Shenzhen had been confirmed. They were two Chinese sisters aged 18 and 20 who flew in from New York on Thursday and a 13-year-old Canadian girl who arrived in Shenzhen from Canada on Saturday."
• 'Mass hysteria' in Jilin: Fair call, or fog? [Caijing] "More than 1,000 workers at the Jilin Chemical Fibre Group Co. Ltd. in the northeastern city of Jilin reported dizziness, nausea and other symptoms during a three-week health crisis that so far has defied clear explanation."

Chinese director Lou Ye has defied the authorities to produce controversial movie after controversial movie. But risking arrest in China may be worth it, since his newest, "Spring Fever" has now won the best screenplay award at Cannes.