Thursday, June 04, 2009
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20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Remember Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4th http://bit.ly/QYy4d

"The university is the last remaining platform for national dissent." ~ Dr. Leon Eisenberg



Chinese Twitter clone Fanfou and FB Xiaonei & other SNS sites 2 shut down 4 "maintenence" until after Tiananmen masscre anniversary


1)
#GFW Google Trends tiananmen vs. britney spears --> http://ow.ly/b28N

2)
West miscasts Tiananmen protesters
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d3c9c04-5059-11de-9530-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Almost everything fell within its scope: campaigns against corruption, nepotism, inflation, police brutality, bureaucracy, official privilege, media censorship, human rights abuses, cramped student dormitories and the smothering of democratic urges. But to say the demonstrations were to “demand democracy” is an oversimplification.

3)
the "Umbrella Incident" is hilarious + terrifying, par for the course in this country! http://bit.ly/6jX3P

4)
#GCF China has never issued a death toll from the crushing of what it calls a "counter-revolutionary" conspiracy. http://ow.ly/aZW

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#GFW Wear white shirt + blue pants tomorrow in memory of tank man protester. http://ow.ly/aZUR

6)
Chinese gov't didn't want same revolt in Moldova "Twitter Revolution" when preparing their censors for this anniversary. http://ow.ly/aZTY

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Twitterers in China : What the Censorship on the 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen is Really Achieving http://ow.ly/aZTs

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#GFW some worry that the tag is being used against rogue Tweeters as China discovers the tag and removes offending posts.

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#FUCKGFW Authorities have steadily tightening surveillance China's dissident community ahead of this year's anniversary http://ow.ly/aZSc  seems the web proxies in China R harmonized (is there such a word, the verb for harmony?) Twitter, Plurk, Flickr, Bing.com, Live.com, Hotmail.com (maybe more) have been banned by the Great Fire Wall in China.

10)
THE GREAT FIRE-WALL OF CHINA. China bans twitter, youtube, flickr + more #twitter #china

11)
Beijing blocks CNN's John Vause in Tiananmen Square... with *umbrellas* http://tr.im/nmDx about 6 hours ago from HootSuite

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China Blocks Twitter Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary #tiananmen #june 4 http://ow.ly/aNwm

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China Blocks Access to Twitter, Flickr, Bing http://ow.ly/aNvM #tiananmen #june 4

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China blocks Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen anniversary http://ow.ly/aNv2 #tiananmen #une 4

15)
The Great Firewall of China Stands Tall, Still Not Unbeatable: Today is the 20th anniversar.. http://twurl.nl/3rjhps

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