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Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese Censors Ban ‘Big Yellow Duck’ from Internet
Source: ibtimes.uk
China has banned a number of search terms from the web as the country marks the 24th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square.
Authorities have banned the terms "tomorrow", "today", "tonight", "June 4" and other number combinations that might refer to what the Chinese call the June Fourth Incident where hundreds of people were shot dead by the army in a bid to crush a democratic protest.
"Big yellow duck" has also been banned to thwart the efforts of a social media user who substituted the iconic photo of tanks in the square with giant bath-time plastic ducks.
The demonstrators had occupied the square in the centre of Beijing for several weeks in 1989 demanding democratic reform. After efforts to move them along peacefully failed, the military intervened....(more)
Authorities have banned the terms "tomorrow", "today", "tonight", "June 4" and other number combinations that might refer to what the Chinese call the June Fourth Incident where hundreds of people were shot dead by the army in a bid to crush a democratic protest.
"Big yellow duck" has also been banned to thwart the efforts of a social media user who substituted the iconic photo of tanks in the square with giant bath-time plastic ducks.
The demonstrators had occupied the square in the centre of Beijing for several weeks in 1989 demanding democratic reform. After efforts to move them along peacefully failed, the military intervened....(more)
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/474550/20130604/tiananmen-square-massacre-china-authorities-ban-big.htm
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Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese Censors Ban ‘Big Yellow Duck’ from Internet (Original Post)
uppityperson
Jun 2013
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Stay classy, Chinese overlords. nt
Nolimit
(142 posts)2. Disharmonious!!
There is like a million ways the tanks in that picture can be changed. China can't ban every thing.
alp227
(32,075 posts)3. Quack quack n/t
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)4. The image....