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  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”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong 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, reformist China. In places where people can notContinue reading “Meaning of Symbols: 1000th Post”

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”

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”

Awaiting A democratic Hong Kong The People are Not. But You are Now….Some of Us Continue to Dream 原 名 趙 亮 的 趙 紫 陽 女 兒 王 雁 南 則 透 過 手 機 短 訊 告 訴 親 友 ﹕ 「 他 最 後 獲 得 了 自 由 了 。 」Continue reading “Free At Last: Zhao Ziyang 1919 -2005”

曾慶紅最後一刻探視 【 明 報 專 訊 】 因 六 四 事 件 下 台 的 中 共 前 總 書 記 趙 紫 陽 ， 昨 晨 7 點 01 分 在 北 京 醫 院 逝 世 ， 享 年 85 歲 。 官 方 新 華 社 在 趙 紫 陽 逝 世Continue reading “趙紫陽 「自由了」”

January 17, 2005 The last time Zhao Ziyang was seen in public was on May 19, 1989, when, as the reformist General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, he addressed student protesters on Tiananmen Square and apologised to them for not listening to their grievances. "I have come too late," he said. The Tiananmen protestsContinue reading “News: China cautious, but Zhao death not seen triggering protests”

BBC: Why Zhao was seen as a symbol of democratic reform (Video) Purged Chinese Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang dies Mon Jan 17, 7:08 AM ET BEIJING (AFP) – Former Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, who put China on the road to economic reform but was purged for opposing the bloody 1989 crackdown on theContinue reading “News: Who is Zhao Ziyang?”

    China urged to review Tiananmen China is facing calls to reassess its suppression of the 1989 student protests after the death of purged Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang. Zhao’s secretary Bao Tong led the calls, backed by other pro-democracy activists and Taiwan. Japan urged China to move towards democratisation. There is no officialContinue reading “News: China urged to review Tiananmen”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong "My father is finally free", was the text message sent by Zhao Ziyang’s daughter, Wang Yannan, to family friends.                                    The official blackout on the former leader’s death means that the news has largely beenContinue reading “News: Beijingers mourn Zhao – warily”