Saturday, June 5, 2010

21th anniversay of Tiananmen

I was counting the date the other day, when I realize it was forth of June, I got a weird feeling that there was something on this date. Used to be something going on on this date, then I read this article which solve my question. It was the 21th anniversary of Tianamen incident. Back home, every 4/6, our TV will constantly broadcast what happened 20 ye21th anniversay of Tiananmen
I was counting the date the other day, when I realize it was forth of June, I got a weird feeling that there was something on this date. Used to be something going on this date, and then I read this article which solves my question. It was the 21th anniversary of Tiananmen incident. Back home, every 4/6, our TV will constantly broadcast what happened 20 years ago, and how do the people memorial it.
This social network site, Foursquare, is a location- based that allows users to share their location via mobile phones with friends. However, when users tried to check-in the location of Tiananmen on Friday, the website was blocked.
Just like that, China Government once again using it firewalls to block the things they don't want the public to know. Can history be erased? Yes, it may. After 20 years of strictly filtered the information, lots of youngsters in China actually don't have a clue what happened 20 years ago. History does being erased. This thing explains the reason why those youngsters don't really think that they are being censored, after all, how can one desires for something that he doesn't even know its existence?

Further reading:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Chinese-Censorship-vs-Foursquare-1366/
Foursquare:
http://foursquare.com/
ars ago, and how do the people momerial it.
This social network site, Foursquare, is a location- based that allows users to share their location via mobile phones with friends. However, on Friday, whe users trying to check-in the location of Tiananmen, the website was blocked.
Just like that, China Government once again using it firewall to block the things they don't want the public to know. Can history be ereased? Yes, it may. After 20 years of stricly filtered the information, lots of youngsters in China actually don't have a clue what happend 20 years ago. Hitstory does being ereased. This thing explains the reason why those youngsters don't really think that they are being censored, after all, how can one desires for something that he doesn't even know its existence?

Further reading:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Chinese-Censorship-vs-Foursquare-1366/
Foursquare:
http://foursquare.com/

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