We wrote to the peripatetic Pico Iyer, a Friend of the Blog, to see how June 4th was marked wherever he happened to be this year on the anniversary date. He sent us the following ruminations, in which he alludes to the mid-1980s when he first went to... ...full story at China Beat
from China Beat on Tue, Jun 09 2009
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YouTube video Jun. 4 - Chinese want explanation for Tiananmen crackdown 19 years ago.
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China slams Clinton's June 4 comments » People's Daily China Thursday expressed deep dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks on the 20th anniversary of the events of June 4. "As to the political turmoil and problems that happened in the late 1980s, the... |
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In Case You Missed It: Tibet Special, Part 3--Comments by Pico Iyer and Pankaj Mishra » China Beat Continuing our series seeking to draw attention to overlooked readings on Tibet, we are happy to be able to provide comments by two long-time friends of the blog, Pico Iyer and Pankaj Mishra, talented and versatile writers whose most recent books are The... |
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