Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Monday, June 06, 2011

Reason for fear

If you weren't paying attention to what happened in Hong Kong on Saturday, you missed a clue that helps explain why the Chinese establishment reacts so immediately to events in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Inner Mongolia, and Beijing.

Tiananmen: Thousands in Hong Kong mark crackdown
Tens of thousands of people have attended a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.


Hundreds of people were killed in the Chinese capital as soldiers and tanks moved to clear Tiananmen Square of pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989.

This year's anniversary comes as China continues a crackdown on dissent, arresting dozens of activists...

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