Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

News: Chinese People Mourn Zhao’s Death

Net Users Call for Reevaluation of HistoryTiananmen Mothers: This Is a Tragedy for the Chinese Nation Tiananmen Mothers, a group of women whose children were killed during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, issued a statement praising Zhao Ziyang as an outstanding leader and politician. They also expressed sympathy for Zhao’s plight – kept under house arrestContinue reading “News: Chinese People Mourn Zhao’s Death”

News: 民 主 派 立 會 悼 趙 紫 陽 保 皇 派 退 席 釀 流 會

民 主 派 立 會 悼 趙 紫 陽 保 皇 派 退 席 釀 流 會        【 本 報 訊 】 民 主 派 立 法 會 議 員 無 懼 港 澳 辦 常 務 副 主 任 陳 佐 洱 警 告 、 立 法 會 主 席 范Continue reading “News: 民 主 派 立 會 悼 趙 紫 陽 保 皇 派 退 席 釀 流 會”

News: China Attempts to Stop Online References to Zhao

All Things Considered, NPR January 18, 2005 · China is attempting to suppress any mention of former Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang on the Internet. Zhao, who died over the weekend, was toppled as China’s leader after he opposed a military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Robert Siegel talks with Xiao Qiang,Continue reading “News: China Attempts to Stop Online References to Zhao”

News: Don’t Let China Off The Hook

Washingtonpost.com Don’t Let China Off The Hook By Jim Hoagland Thursday, January 20, 2005; Page A25 What he did was weep, apologize and express sorrow as he unsuccessfully begged peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators to go home. Zhao knew but did not say that he had lost the argument in the Politburo, which was preparing to sendContinue reading “News: Don’t Let China Off The Hook”

News: China’s communist rulers still don’t trust the people

(Filed: 20/01/2005) The deaths of senior political figures make the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) nervous. And this has not changed from the chaos of the Cultural Revolution to the brash semi-capitalism of today. The reaction persists because the leadership remains doubtful of its legitimacy and fearful that mourning could turn into a public expression ofContinue reading “News: China’s communist rulers still don’t trust the people”

News: Beijing’s blog problem

Beijing’s blog problem China’s blog monitoring is pervasive, but largely ineffective.January 19, 2005Red Herringhttp://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=11164&hed=Beijing%e2%80%99s+blog+problem# Readers of Yan Sham-Shackleton’s blog know her as “gluttergirl.” But until a week ago, her regular readers in China couldn’t access her blog. The Chinese government had banned it for more than a year. Her pro-democracy writings might have had somethingContinue reading “News: Beijing’s blog problem”

News: Blog awards cry freedom

  online news for online journalists <!– function makeArray() { var args = makeArray.arguments; for (var i = 0; i 0) date.setTime(date.getTime() – skew); } function getString(date) { var months = new makeArray(“January”, “February”, “March”, “April”, “May”, “June”, “July”, “August”, “September”, “October”, “November”, “December”); return date.getDate() + ” ” + months[date.getMonth()] + ” ” +Continue reading “News: Blog awards cry freedom”

It’s Silent Because My Government Comes with Tanks

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong A few news stories have noted that, unlike in 1989 and the death of Hu Yao Bang, this time, no mass protest will occur because of China’s economic growth has placated the masses. That is possibly true for a segment of the population, but unrest continues in China, as theseContinue reading “It’s Silent Because My Government Comes with Tanks”

News: Security tight in Beijing after death of purged Chinese leader Zhao

BEIJING (AFP) – Security has been markedly stepped up in Tiananmen Square, amid fears of protests related to the death of deposed Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, who opposed a crackdown on 1989 democracy protests in the square. Police were out in force, checking identification papers of visitors to the site of the landmark protests 15Continue reading “News: Security tight in Beijing after death of purged Chinese leader Zhao”