http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stmand nothing has changed...
websites are closed
blogs are blocked
journalists disappeare
more and more police and armoured forces are present
but still...due to the large population and economy they can host the Olympic games....
why isn't China on a lonely island ?
there's no democracy
people, thousands of people, loose their houses due to constructions like dams and the Olymic games but nobody can complain...
the only thing we CAN see are clandestine reports...
couple of months ago a Belgian reporter was 'robbed' of all his equipment by police...he's now back online but had to report from the Tienanmen square with a small handcamera....
the birthplace of the Dalai Lama is even blocked by Chinese police/secret police...
at least in Belgium we're priviliged with the right of free speech and free to express our thoughts...this way we get to see all reports...
BBC attempt in bringing a report from the square, the umbrella tactics...it's so stupid it becomes funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40bI6wzCTck (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
the 'tank man' story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud44ct0VrPQ (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
brave citizens...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8070177.stmsquare map
