For 1 Day, 20 Years Ago, China Tasted Freedom
(AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
The Chinese government is acting in its usual — some would say usually paranoid — way about the Tiananmen anniversary. It blocked the social networking site Twitter, apparently trying to head off any cyber-efforts at organizing protests.
For those with access to foreign satellite news services CNN and BBC, there is heavy-handed censorship. When a Tiananmen anniversary story starts running, the screen literally goes black. Once the story is over, the news is back.
Not subtle.
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China's North Korean Tightrope Walk
China is walking through this gingerly, like a man whose pockets are loaded up with fragile eggs. The Foreign Ministry spokesman says China is "resolutely opposed" to the North's nuclear weapons program.
And China has been leading the effort at negotiations primarily through the six party talks: China, Russia, U.S., Japan and South and North Korea.
But North Korea has now walked away from the talks and China is having a hard time finding an answer to this latest saber rattling.
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And China has been leading the effort at negotiations primarily through the six party talks: China, Russia, U.S., Japan and South and North Korea.
But North Korea has now walked away from the talks and China is having a hard time finding an answer to this latest saber rattling.
Continue »
