Feb 27, 2009
20 Yrs later: Tiananmen Victim’s Mothers want leaders to Investigate Deaths
With the 20th anniversary of Tian’anmen approaching, I anticipate we’re going to see more and more stuff like this in the news:
A group of mothers of those killed in the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square has urged China’s leaders to fully investigate the deaths. Their call was issued as the 20th anniversary of the massacre approaches, and days ahead of the annual session of the National People’s Congress.
The Tiananmen Mothers want the government to name the dead, compensate families and punish those responsible. In an open letter, Chinese leaders were also urged to “break the taboo”. BBC News
Speaking of important anniversaries, I wrote a little about this over on Inventorspot.com. I encourage you guys to add my new Inventorspot China Tech blog (RSS) to your blogrolls and feed readers if you’d like to follow my occasional China-related thoughts and ramblings. As it’s a paid blogging position, I’ll be putting significantly more effort and thought into those articles, so you’ll likely find them far more insightful lengthy than past PandaPassport posts.
