A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. The man, calling for an end to the recent violence and bloodshed against pro-democracy demonstrators, was pulled away by bystanders, and the tanks continued on their way. The Chinese government crushed a student-led demonstration for democratic reform and against government corruption, killing hundreds, or perhaps thousands of demonstrators in the strongest anti-government protest since the 1949 revolution. Ironically, the name Tiananmen means "Gate of Heavenly Peace". (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)
Jacobs writes,
This Thursday, June 4, marks the 26th anniversary of the pro-democracy student protests that led to bloodshed in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989.Read more here.
China has done its best to scrub the event from collective memory.
The country has already detained dozens of dissidents and activists ahead of the anniversary, even putting some "on vacation" with police, Radio Radio Free Asia reported. Meanwhile thousands rallied in Hong Kong last week to remember the victims from 1989.
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