Comments on: Peking University on June 4th: 2009 is not 1989, and it’s not 1984 either

By: Jun

Jun — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:51:21 +0000

Not sure if you had the chance to listen in on the average history/politics course all Chinese students are required to take in college. If you did, you’ll probably find a interesting phenomenon that every time we get to the 1960s, sometimes it starts from the 1950s, the class seems to magically “run out of time”. So the teachers always omit that part and start planning for tests. I wonder if any of you foreigners know that the common belief among us is that June 4th was caused by a bunch students who got by power-hungry politicians.

By: shenjianyong

shenjianyong — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:22:39 +0000

In China it is very diffcult to know about this…

By: 6 · June 4th follow-up

6 · June 4th follow-up — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:02:47 +0000

[...] made no mention earlier of the atmosphere walking around the Beida campus on the big day itself. Well, it was an odd [...]

By: TAC4

TAC4 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:45:25 +0000

I have been reading your blog for awhile, I just got back to the US after studying for a semester in China. First time commenter, I think, as long as the CCP preforms adequately, delivering both economic and social improvements to a majority of the people, then people will be satisfied. If this performance does not continue then there is a possibility for China to change. Asia Chronicle (www.asiachroniclenews.net) is a valuable news source to add to your daily read.

By: hannibal

hannibal — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:02:30 +0000

the CCP`s strategy is changing the history and the memory of the chinese people, same as “1984″. some young chinese refuse to know the truth, that`s really pity. fortunately, there`s still a lot of people won`t forget that around the world.

By: whoever

whoever — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:16:53 +0000

as a Chinese, I feel sad,too. But there ARE students who know about it, and think long and hard about it. However,we just decided to shut up.