June 03, 2004

• Dalai Lama worried about moves to lift EU arms embargo on China
• The Unknown Rebel
• I love that guy.
• Tens of thousands in Hong Kong mark 15th Tiananmen anniversary
• I love that guy. Me too. I never cease to be amazed at what he did. Here's an LATimes piece about him.
• "On the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, blogs are booming in China. But are they making any difference?"
• New story emerges of an infamous massacre
• The Gate of Heavenly Peace
• Defiant call for democracy as hundreds of thousands march through Hong Kong
• the Chinese government is funny.
• Chinese Pressure Dissident Physician: Hero of SARS Crisis Detained Since June 1
• Doctor, 'conscience of China' freed from jail
• China cracks down on petitioners, dissidents ahead of party meeting
• Chinese protesters shot, village sealed
• ESWN blog has a round up of reports about Shanwei including translations from Chinese reports and some photos of the protest site.
• A bit of clever commentary from a Chinese forum: This poster copies and pastes an anodyne story from the local propaganda department about Shanwei local government on a campaign for public eduction in "patriotism, obedience to the law, public trust and civility" and then follows up with sarcastic comments how well Shanwei's "construction of Socialist Spiritual Civilization" is going and what an attractive environment for investors the government has created.
• Oops, forum post already deleted. Even oblique refernces to Sahnwei obviously too risky.
• For American corporations in China, staying in business often means collaborating in -- and sometimes assisting -- governmental repression of citizens.
• The Tank Man
• :) Well played H-dogg.
• Meanwhile, at the White House...
• China heckler at White House charged
• President Hu, your days are numbered. Don't see how telling a politician his/her days are numbered can be construed as harassing, intimidating or threatening. Everyone's days are numbered; this appears to be no more than a factual utterance. President Bush, make him stop persecuting Falun Gong. Nor does this appear to be harassing, intimidating, or threatening in its nature. The harassment seems to be flowing in the other direction, in fact, since she was arrested and charged.
• Mao a mass killer - Massey lecturer
• Security Tight for Tiananmen Anniversary
• China Restores Google.com
• Chinese students riot after diplomas branded useless
• Nancy Pelosi and "the butchers of Beijing"
• China newspaper ad salutes Tiananmen mothers
• Just caught that Pelosi/China article, H Dawg. Good stuff.
• Saw that ad on a blog. One of the unintended consequences of blanking out history is that the younger generation don't know what they're supposed to censor.
• Tiananmen Square massacre still a taboo subject in press and online on 19th anniversary
• China urged to release Tiananmen Square prisoners
• China’s Grief, Unearthed
• Tiananmen’s Wake
• Tiananmen: The flame burns on