http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkyOTgxNDA=.html
― dylannnnnnnnn, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
there are shots in that of a vanagon (I think, or some communist copy) transporting zhou's corpse from the beijing hospital to 八宝山 - and 长安街 is filled with people mourning. according to my mom that was totally spontaneous - people just turned out to try and catch a glimpse of the hearse
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
he also chose cremation because he knew that if power struggles went the wrong way his corpse could have been desecrated - smart man
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
right... and later, there was more spontaneous action that was too spontaneous for jiang qing and whoever was running things while mao was winding things down...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Incident
― dylannnnnnnnn, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-isnt-the-west-reacting-to-chin=as-crackdown/2011/12/25/gIQAgFI2KP_story.html
crackdown on democracy writing dissidents :)))
― dylannnnnnnnn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
essay writing i think i meant to say
― dylannnnnnnnn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/26/in-china-a-christmas-crackdow=n-on-dissent/
Chen¹s wife, Zhang Qunxuan, told Reuters he was convicted over the contentof 36 essays that he had published on overseas websites that were criticalof China¹s ruling Communist Party. ³To subvert you can he do that?²Zhang said, according to Reuters. ³Does he have any army? Does he have apolice force? Does he have courts? With a piece of paper and a pen, can hesubvert you? Are you so fragile?² His conviction came just three daysafter a court in Sichuan province sentenced another veteran activist, ChenWei, to nine years in prison, also on a charge of inciting subversion.
― dylannnnnnnnn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link