By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Yesterday was the 23rd anniversary of Tiananmen Square.
Those 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations rocked the world - and yet, not much has changed when it comes to human rights in China since then.
The Chinese government has blocked all internet key worlds and searches for anything that could connect to a commemoration of the protests.
Even the numbers 23 - for the anniversary; 6 - for the month of June; 4 - for the date and the words "candles" and the expression
"never forget" have been bared.
Movements that embrace freedom have been harshly oppressed in China over the past 23 years.
The rise of the electronic information age has been very helpful to supporters of freedom. It has enabled a freer flow of information. But the government of China continues to do its best to control that information and to restrict access that the citizens of China might otherwise have.
The Chinese cannot memorialize what happened 23 years ago, but we can. And we should.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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