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China bars stock index web search

China blocks access to the term "Shanghai Composite Index" on some of the country's most popular microblogging sites.

 

Odd twist in China stock index evokes crackdown

Tiananmen Anniversary

In an unlikely coincidence certainly unwelcome to China's communist rulers, the stock benchmark fell 64.89 points Monday, matching the numbers of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in the heart of Beijing. In China's lively microblog world, "Shanghai Composite Index" soon joined the many words blocked by censors. In another odd twist, the index opened Monday at 2,346.98. That is being interpreted as 23rd anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown when read from right to left.

 

China dissident Fang Lizhi 'dies'

Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, whose speeches helped inspire the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, has died aged 76, says a fellow activist.

 

Tiananmen anniversary brings new China detentions

Tiananmen anniversary brings new China detentions

Chinese security forces rounded up more government critics ahead of Saturday's anniversary.

 

Deng Was Said to Have Approved Bloodshed at Tiananmen

Deng Was Said to Have Approved Bloodshed at Tiananmen

The former Chinese leader told the military to be ready to “shed some blood,” according to an unpublished diary.

 

On Solemn Day, Silence in China

Mainland China remained quiet on the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown Thursday, while tens of thousands of people staged a protest in Hong Kong.

 

China ups security ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

China ups security ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Chinese security forces blanketed Tiananmen Square on Wednesday ahead of the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, a day after Twitter and Hotmail Internet services in China were blocked.

 

China blocks Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen

China blocks Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen

Chinese censors blocked access to Twitter and other popular online services on Tuesday afternoon, two days before the twentieth anniversary of the crackdown on democracy protests in Tiananmen Square which cost hundreds of lives.

 

Memoir Outlines Tiananmen Struggle

Memoir Outlines Tiananmen Struggle

A new book by the deceased former Communist chief ousted for refusing to suppress the 1989 protests offers a rare look at the struggle.

 

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