An argument for knowing history
Editors sacked over Tiananmen ad"A NEWSPAPER in southwest China has sacked three of its editors over an advertisement saluting mothers of protesters killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown...
"Public discussion of the massacre is still taboo in China...
"On the 18th anniversary of the crackdown on Monday, the lower right corner of page 14 of the Chengdu Evening News ran a tiny ad reading: 'Paying tribute to the strong(-willed) mothers of June 4 victims.'"Authorities interrogated newspaper staff to find out how the advertisement slipped past censors. Newspaper ads need to be vetted in China.
"Hong Kong's South China Morning Post said yesterday a young female clerk allowed the tribute to be published because she had never heard of the crackdown...
"The Communist Party has banned references to the crackdown in state media, the internet and books as part of a whitewash campaign, meaning most young Chinese are ignorant of the events..."
Labels: China, history, political culture
posted by Ken Wedding @ 11:03 AM
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