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Update from Ivan the transsexual
Some of our regular readers have recently asked us for updates, including some updates about Ivan. Well, recently we received an email from Ivan. We share it with our readers herewith: “Dear Catherine and Ned, Greetings from my bunker in … Continue reading
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Santa lives in ZhongNanHai
Christmas greetings to all of you, from Catherine, Ned and Ivan:
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Video: About June Fourth 1989
The following source clip about the incident that took place on 4 June 1989 is produced by the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union. It is narrated in Cantonese with English subtitle. There is also a clip with Chinese subtitle. You … Continue reading
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Wang Dan: 21 years ago today, 7 May 1989
王丹写于2010年5月7日: 北大筹委会发表公告，根据5月6日对全校1476个宿舍进行民意调查，赞成继续罢课的占67.2%，主张复课的占24%， 弃权的8.8%，因此从5月7日起开始罢课。并提出复课的五个条件：“1。要求人民日报就其4月26日的社论，公开纠正其错误之处；2。要求承认学生自治会的合法性；3。要求国务院立即公布调查官倒的统计数字及成立审查官倒小组，着手惩治官倒；4。要求 立即给世界经济导报总编辑钦本立复职；5。要求重新审议北京 市关于游行示威的十条。” Wang Dan writes on 7 May 2010: The Beijing University Preparatory Committee issued a statement about a public opinion poll conducted at all 1476 dormitories on campus on 6 May. The results indicated that 67.2% … Continue reading
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Ode of Remembrance
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In Search of Lin Zhao’s Soul
A documentary that traces an unfortunate story that happened forty years ago. Lin Zhao, a student of Beijing University, grew from a pure, loyal follower into a valiant fighter against the Red Terror. She was imprisoned for eight years and then … Continue reading
Tiananmen Square in Remembrance 21 Years Later
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-one years ago on this day April 8th 1989, the first trigger in a number of incidents began what was to be one of the most moving and extraordinary acts of bravery and courage in our … Continue reading
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Tagged Hu Yaobang, Tiananmen Square incident, Zhao Ziyang
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We’re ALMOST back! And thanks to our regular readers!
Catherine and I have had some technical problems for the past week. We are very grateful to all of our readers who have continued to come to our “Jacaranda Tree, and Ned’s Pub” for the past week, even while Catherine … Continue reading
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This blog on vacation for a few days; meanwhile Groucho Marx will keep you company
Catherine and I both are in transit for the next several days. Please check back in a week or so. Our disappearance is only temporary – and we’ll quickly reappear next week – just like Groucho Marx’s “Captain Spaulding”.
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