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China

Twenty one years ago, June 4th 1989. (Paraphrased from Wikipedia) The protests were sparked by the death of a pro-democracy and anti-corruption official, whom protesters wanted to mourn, and by the eve of the funeral, 100,000 people had gathered. Participants included disillusioned Party members as well as free market reformers, who were generally against the [...]

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I got into work today and was asked by my coworker if I knew that today was 全国哀悼日 (quan2guo2ai1dao4ri4), or China’s national day of mourning for the victims of the Qinghai earthquake. At 10am +8GMT April 21st (today), cars will honk their horns for three minutes, and then all China will have three minutes of [...]

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