Sunday, June 7, 2009

Don't forget the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989!

After 3 months of pro-democracy protests at the Tiananmen Square, on 4th Jun 1989, 20 years ago, the China government sent in the People's Liberation Army, and scores of people were killed or injured. Estimates from official and non-official sources ranged from the hundreds to the thousands, including both protestors and soldiers.

20 years have passed since its passing, and the chinese government remains silent about its wrongdoing, and the massacre is a forbidden topic in China's media and education curriculum, resulting in its younger population to be ignorant of the protests.

In Hong Kong, Chief Execute Donald Tsang made some silly remarks of how the protests should be assessed in view of China's (and Hong Kong's) economic development since the snuffed protests. My favourite band my little airport responded with a song and told Donald Tsang, please die.

We won't forget.