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...forced prison tour was "just for show" or would be ineffective in preventing the officials from illegally profiting from their positions. That is a distressing prospect for Communist Party Cadres, who remain keenly aware that rampant corruption was one of the prime motivating factors behind the huge 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were finally suppressed by the military at a cost of hundreds of lives...
BANNED. Lou Ye, 41, controversial Chinese director; from filming on the mainland for five years, by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television; in Beijing. Lou reportedly failed to seek approval from government censors for his film Summer Palace-set in the days leading up to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, a topic Beijing considers taboo-before screening it at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Lou called the ban "ridiculous" and said it would not stop him from working...
...even minor signs of dissent has shrunk dramatically. According to state media reports, the director entered his latest movie, Summer Palace,at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival earlier this year without seeking approval from Chinese authorities. Although the film is a romance, it is set during the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations, still very much a sensitive topic in Beijing...
...yourself? When I went to the U.S. in March, the Americans thought I may be too close to the mainland. But I am one of the few politicians in Taiwan who attends the Tiananmen memorial service every year. I am the only politician to go to a Falun Gong gathering. I was the first politician in Taiwan to criticize China's antisecession law, not because I support Taiwan independence, but because [the law] is unnecessary and unwise. I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese...
...classes—not only regarding difficulty, but also the requisite complaints of the students about their workload. Only, one must be slightly more inventive in a different language. So, my first week in Beijing wasn’t the usual rush of the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the touristy splendor of the Palace Museum. It was mostly my textbook and me holed up in a dull hotel room. Barred from English, the language of home, I dreamed of such a place itself. I’ve never been so far away, I kept thinking...