tiananmen

www.cbc.ca — Hundreds of thousands of people took part in vigils in Taiwan and Hong Kong on Saturday to mark the 22nd anniversary of China's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, as authorities in the mainland rounded up dissidents to try to quell any possible demonstrations there.

www.nytimes.com — A publisher in Hong Kong was ordered to halt publishing of Li Peng's memoirs. The print run of 20,000 copies has been stopped.

kristof.blogs.nytimes.com — If you search a term on Bing that is politically sensitive in China, in English the results are legitimate. Search “Tiananmen” and you’ll find out about the army firing on pro-democracy protesters in 1989. Search Dalai Lama, Falun Gong and you also get credible results.

chinahopelive.net — My morning ESL student has a confrontation with the front page of the Vancouver Sun, which carried an iconic photo to mark the 20th anniversary.

shanghaiist.com — Earlier today, CNN anchor and Beijing correspondent John Vause was filming in Tiananmen Square, Beijing when he suddenly encountered a man holding an umbrella who won't step away from his cameraman's lens. Maybe it's the matching umbrella and pants, but this goes down in our book as the silliest censorship effort ever.