1/18/2011
Just wanted to note that obviously I had heard about the extent of the government’s control on what people are allowed to know, but never really saw it firsthand. I’ve met several kids recently who had no idea about the Tiananmen Square Incident of 1989. I am ever the diplomat in China and do not take sides or criticize the gov’t with my friends (even if there is seeming cause). Chinese, especially young students, can get very very defensive and even break off a friendship if they think that you harbor adverse opinions about the gov’t. So, I simply said that there was a ‘happening’ in 1989 and that if they wanted to know, we could talk about it. That’s all I’ll say on this public blog.
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