Tiananmen Square: 1989

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I found another interesting article about the Tiananmen Square "Riot" of 1989.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060605/ts_usatoday/chinastillsilentontiananmensquareculturalrevolution;_ylt=AjpEOe9fJRNhBKvsgoF9MR6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

The Chinese govrnment will still not allow discussion of the revolt as well as the horrible "Cultural Revolution" of the 1960s.

Here's a section of the article:

Ma Jingjun, who owns a Mao memorabilia shop in Beijing, was a boy during the Cultural Revolution. He saw a classmate's father jump to his death from a building because of political harassment. Still, Ma backs the party's conclusion that Mao was "70% right, 30% wrong."

That doesn't mean he's nostalgic about the Cultural Revolution. "China must publicize it directly and point out the harm it caused and how to avoid a repetition," he said.

Louis

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