A year ago I shared scenes from a vigil in Hong Kong commemorating the anniversary of the crackdown at Tiananmen Square. The post also includes links to older posts offering windows onto what I have seen elsewhere in China on June 4th — something I have done every year since beginning this blog.
I am in the U.S. for a bit right now. So this year I can't capture more June 4th scenes in China. Most of today will be a very happy occasion for me — my sister's wedding. But I still want to take some time to remember what happened 28 years ago and consider some perspectives on what it means today. So I will point elsewhere:
— This year's vigil in Hong Kong
— "Hidden Away for 28 Years, Tiananmen Protest Pictures See Light of Day"
— "Interview With Yu Zhijian, One of the ‘Three Hunan Hooligans’ Who Defaced the Portrait of Mao Zedong Over Tiananmen Square in 1989"
— "Support grows in China for 1989 Tiananmen crackdown"
— "Learn from us on democracy, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary"
— "Illegal Tiananmen Square Liquor Arrives in Hong Kong"
— Some tweets:
I am in the U.S. for a bit right now. So this year I can't capture more June 4th scenes in China. Most of today will be a very happy occasion for me — my sister's wedding. But I still want to take some time to remember what happened 28 years ago and consider some perspectives on what it means today. So I will point elsewhere:
— This year's vigil in Hong Kong
— "Hidden Away for 28 Years, Tiananmen Protest Pictures See Light of Day"
— "Interview With Yu Zhijian, One of the ‘Three Hunan Hooligans’ Who Defaced the Portrait of Mao Zedong Over Tiananmen Square in 1989"
— "Support grows in China for 1989 Tiananmen crackdown"
— "Learn from us on democracy, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary"
— "Illegal Tiananmen Square Liquor Arrives in Hong Kong"
— Some tweets:
annual reminder that tank man faced down not the single tank, but an entire tank regiment pic.twitter.com/R7rApqFiBs— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) June 3, 2017
The front page #OTD in 1989. Chinese troops attack and crush protest in Tiananmen Square. #nytimes pic.twitter.com/jC1DYPhtwQ— New York Times OTD (@OnThisDayNYT) June 4, 2017
There are those who are waging war against memory, others are merely contemptuous.Don't let the murderers win the war#NeverForget#June4th— Yuen Chan (@xinwenxiaojie) June 4, 2017
The picture circulated on Chinese Internet over the 28th anniversary of #TiananmenMassacre 在中國網傳的圖片。紀念 #六四 。有誰知道作者是誰？屏蔽了嗎？ pic.twitter.com/GqKnoK4ZJs— Rose Tang (唐路） (@rosetangy) June 3, 2017
2. ears and mouth shut. Powerful image, but it reinforces sexist notions of young Chinese women as immoral and overly materialistic.— Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 (@LetaHong) June 4, 2017
On (heavily censored) anniversary of Tiananmen massacre, Chinese social media users passing around story about 1989 Romanian Revolution pic.twitter.com/IEFBblajnC— Josh Chin 李肇华 (@joshchin) June 4, 2017
The masses have boundless creative power.--Chairman Mao pic.twitter.com/b8poFzhXsE— Comrade Balding (@BaldingsWorld) June 4, 2017
Girl with red bandana pic.twitter.com/7JeJMPkmvZ— Guobin Yang (@Yangguobin) June 3, 2017
No comments:
Post a Comment