Category Archives: Awaiting a Democratic HK

估计有上千人将参加赵紫阳的遗体告别2005.01.27        http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/                 1月19日，赵紫阳唯一的女儿王雁南在北京家中悼念赵紫阳。法新社照片。                另据香港的中国人权民运信息中心星期四发来的传真，估计有上千人将参加赵紫阳的遗体告别，但仪式会相当简单。信息中心引述赵紫阳的女儿王雁南的话说，参加遗体告别仪式的名单由赵紫阳的家人收集，但最终还是由当局审批，所以不能确定所有愿意参加的人都能如愿。        信息中心还透露，原国务院副总理田纪云将参加遗体告别，赵紫阳的政治秘书鲍彤以及原学运领袖王丹的母亲王凌云将会领取出席证。但是，呼吁当局重新评价六四事件的北京退休军医蒋彦永，六四难属丁子霖以及其他北京的异议人士都被当局严加看管，不得出门。 赵紫阳的儿子赵五军接受本台电 话专访 2005.01.27               前 中共总书记赵紫阳的丧礼安排终于有了结果。星期四中共中央办公厅正式为赵紫阳发出讣告并公布丧礼日期，定于星期六上午九点在北京八宝山革命公墓举行向赵紫 阳遗体的告别仪式。当天晚上，赵紫阳的儿子赵五军接受了本台驻香港记者林迪的电话询问。他说，他们家属不清楚官方对赵紫阳在六四问题上最终会作如何评价， 但是赵家的立场已是众所周知。赵家对赵紫阳骨灰的安置也没有向官方提出任何要求，而是希望保存在家。 请听本台驻香港记者林迪发来的报道 悼念赵紫阳去世，各界评说生前功绩 2005.01.18                                一九八九年五月十九日黎明，天安门广场：赵紫阳手持话筒向以绝食示威的学生们讲话。法新社照片        Continue reading “估计有上千人将参加赵紫阳的遗体告别”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong If you read the opinions of Editors and commentators, you wouldn’t actually know that the person on the street, the democratic camp in Hong Kong, was generally very proud of the moment of silence for Zhao Zi Yang in Legco which precipitated a walk out of the anti-democratic camp (Let’sContinue reading “Many did Support the Moment of Silence for Zhao Zi Yang in the HK Legco”

Blog awards cry freedomJan 19th 2005.Dot Journalism The awards applaud independent blogs that provide an alternative view of the news, especially in countries where journalists and writers are persecuted by the authorities and the traditional media is under government control….. "They have consistently been very fast in shutting down services and sites within China thatContinue reading “Me in Internet Censorship Articles”

The StandardJanuary 22, 2005By: SIMON SONGhttp://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Front_Page/GA22Aa02.html An elderly person holds a candle as mourners pay their last respects to Zhao Ziyang in Victoria Park. Thousands of people took part in a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park on Friday night to pay tribute to the late Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang. Scores of mainlanders were amongContinue reading “News: Thousands in vigil for Zhao Ziyang”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong My friend and I went down the Victoria Park to pay tribute to Zhao Zi Yang, and I had planned to sign my name on the Makeshift Democracy Wall. When I got there, I found myself totally intimidated because everyone else had written letters, poems, and quotes not only inContinue reading “Glutter’s Graphic Contribution to the Democracy Wall”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong (All News Posts Place Under this Intro.) This is Glutter’s 1000th Post. Again, I have turned part of my site black, this time not to protest but to mourn. I am mourning a man, but also a symbol. A man who is a symbol of a more open, accepting, reformistContinue reading “Remembering Zhao Zi Yang”

Time is GMT + 8 hoursPosted: 19 January 2005 1820 hrsChannel News Asia HK democrats defy orders to mourn death of former Chinese leader By Channel NewsAsia’s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim More than 20 of them observed a minute’s silence at the start of a Legislative Council meeting. They had gone ahead despite havingContinue reading “News: HK democrats defy orders to mourn death of former Chinese leader”

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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”