China and Tiananmen Square anniversary
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:29 pm
I remember the morning the event happened 25 years ago.
I was out of town for a sales meeting--I remember getting dressed and watching things on TV and wishing I could stay in the room and watch it all play out.
We visited Beijing in 2004....and of course walked the square.
Tour guides will not talk about it. A year or so later my sister visited Beijing and her guide said they could not speak about it. Later when they were certain to be alone, the guide told them that the government has spies all around the square and if a guide is heard discussing the event, the guide is punished and no longer allowed to guide tourists.
News says google has been disabled in China for a couple of weeks prior to the anniversary.
I was out of town for a sales meeting--I remember getting dressed and watching things on TV and wishing I could stay in the room and watch it all play out.
We visited Beijing in 2004....and of course walked the square.
Tour guides will not talk about it. A year or so later my sister visited Beijing and her guide said they could not speak about it. Later when they were certain to be alone, the guide told them that the government has spies all around the square and if a guide is heard discussing the event, the guide is punished and no longer allowed to guide tourists.
News says google has been disabled in China for a couple of weeks prior to the anniversary.