Category Archives: Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom

China back at odds with tense Taiwan By Keith Bradsher The New York Times Monday, March 28, 2005   taiwan5    Image by BBC . TAIPEI Anti-secession legislation passed this month by China has poisoned relations across the Taiwan Strait and changed the political landscape in Taiwan – a shift underlined by a march byContinue reading “News: China at Odds With Tense Taiwan”

Letter to the Void: Tuesday 22nd 2005 This is the view from my roof. It’s very similar to the view of my bedroom. The fog horn is blowing tonight. The air is wet, the walls feel sticky, I am about to move to a new apartment, one where I will have studio space. I reallyContinue reading “Letter to the Void: Tuesday 22nd 2005”

Letter to the Void Dear, xxxx Thanks for your concern. I am okay. Tired. I feel my mental space for caring slipping. Not because I don’t believe in the cause. I do. I have since I was like 14. I still remember the moment when Thatcher fell down the stairs and being told something likeContinue reading “Letter to the Void: Monday March 22 2005”

Authorities Reject Bao Tong’s and Other Dissidents’ Request to Attend Zhao’s Memorial (English Version) 鮑彤等被拒參加趙紫陽遺體告別儀式 【大 紀元1月29日訊】(自由亞洲電台1月28日報導）前中共總書記趙紫陽的遺體告別儀式定于星期六在北京的八寶山殯儀館舉行，盡管有消息說，屆時將會有大約 兩千人出席，但异議人士都被拒絕參加，其中包括趙紫陽的政治秘書鮑彤以及流亡美國的原北京學運領袖王丹的母親王凌云等。 王丹星期五向自由亞洲電台表示，他的母親星期五上午到北京金台飯店領取趙紫陽遺體告別儀式的出席證，但遭到拒絕，理由是王凌云的名字不在名單上。 有現場工作人員表示，出席者的名單是領導給的。 王丹認為，當局禁止部分公民悼念趙紫陽，充分顯示當局對自己的統治沒有信心。 另据香港的中國人權民運信息中心星期五發出的傳真，一名接近原國務院副總理田紀云的人士表示，田紀云會參加趙紫陽的遺體告別儀式。( Beijing Controlled Electronic Mail Before Zhao Ziyang Memorial Sources in Beijing revealed that they encountered difficulties in accessing email messages during the week before Zhao’s memorial. http://www.dajiyuan.com)

By Audra AngASSOCIATED PRESSPublished January 30, 2005 BEIJING — China cremated Zhao Ziyang yesterday after a heavily guarded farewell ceremony and issued its first official obituary on the deposed Communist Party leader, accusing him of making "serious mistakes" during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.     Thousands of mourners, many of them weeping, filed throughContinue reading “News: Beijing cremates Zhao, refuses to bury past”

Zhao Ziyang’s Widow Won’t Attend Funeral; Tiananmen Mother Under House Arrest2005.01.27http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/01/27/china_zhao_dingzilin/ (image: Zhao Ziyang’s daughter, Wang Yannan, receiving mourners at the family residence in Beijing.) HONG KONG, Jan. 27–The outspoken leader of the Tiananmen Mothers, Ding Zilin, is under house arrest in Beijing to keep her away from the upcoming funeral of purged party chiefContinue reading “News: Tiananmen Mother Under House Arrest to Prevent Attending Zhao Ziyang’s Funeral”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong The press often to talk about people in China no longer care about freedom, how young people do not know who Zhao Ziyang is (That’s because he’s been written out of history has he not??). They make such a story how everyone they interview says they love the government. ButContinue reading “China Beats, Arrests Zhao Mourners. Journalist Interviewee Arrested.”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong "We can in fact say that with Zhao’s passing, true reform in China has died." Wang Dan 王丹, Student Leader of 1989 Democratic Movement. A death in Beijing is cause for reflection by Wang Dan —- "At the critical moment of history, he made a very important choice. He stoodContinue reading “Reactions: The passing of Zhao Ziyang”

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”

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”