MCLC: 1989 remembered on 64th national day

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Martin Winter <dujuan99 at gmail.com>
Subject: 1989 remembered on 64th national day
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Source: South China Morning Post (10/1/13):
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1321996/tiananmen-deaths-rem
embered-chinas-64th-national-day

Tiananmen deaths remembered on China's 64th National Day
SCMP Staff

Bloggers jumped at the rare chance to be allowed to mention the word '64'
and paid condolences to those who lost their lives in the 1989 incident
Bloggers remember victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on the 64th
National Day. 

China's liberal bloggers and intellectuals celebrated the country’s 64th
National Day on Tuesday by hosting online vigils in remembrance of victims
of the Tiananmen Square crackdown that took place on June 4, 1989.

Bloggers jumped at the rare chance to mention and discuss the word "64",
referring to June 4th, allowed by online censors though still strictly
monitored, by paying condolences to the students and civilians who died in
the 1989 incident.

"64, hard to forget," a Zhejiang blogger wrote, posting a photo of what
looked like an official flower display featuring the number "64" and the
Chinese words "hard to forget".

A photo posted by a blogger says "64, hard to forget."

The photo could have been doctored, some said, or it could have been a
picture of a legitimate display by the local government celebrating the
national holiday. Yet it offered a message completely in tune with the
sentiment of many microbloggers, who quickly reposted it with their own
words of support.

The original post and reposts were deleted by weibo censors hours later.

Others took the opportunity to call on the country’s online community to
remember the recently executed street hawker Xia Junfeng, whose death has
triggered grief and anger among lawyers and bloggers.

Li Guobin, a Shenzhen-based lawyer, in a weibo post that was quickly
censored, urged his Chinese compatriots to mourn the countless lives lost
since 1949 when the Communist Party came to power.

"Let’s remember the millions of soldiers who have died in the civil war,
landlords and 'anti-revolutionaries' killed in political movements,
civilians who died in the Cultural Revolution, people who were killed in
Tiananmen Square, civilians who died protecting their properties in forced
demolitions, and street hawkers who died fighting urban regulation
officers."