How History Has Been Erased in China

Glorious as China’s 60th National Day may be, people the world over still remember the image of a single defiant protester halting a convoy of tanks in Beijing Tiananmen Square 20 years ago.

But Chinese youngsters born in the 1980s may not, owing much to the government’s control over domestic media.

Heavily influenced by the western media, Chinese youngsters will probably not get an objective view over this historical event. Thereafter, they may be used by some as tools for an anti-China purpose. If this is not what people expect, why cannot they be given the chance to have their own interpretation with all-round information?

A Tsunami of Silence

Hello everybody and welcome to your audition for the seven o’clock news.

Here’s our first applicant; Omar from Sudan.

So Omar, what’s your story?

Hunger you say?

No, I’m sorry, hunger is getting so very old, but please come back and try again if anything of greater news value should happen to you.

So thank you for coming Omar, and of course good luck with your starving, HIV-positive, homeless, refugee family.

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