China news roundup / Nachrichten 2018-06-04

in china •  6 years ago 

English news:

Tankman2018: hero of Tiananmen protest remembered across globe

"Every June, police maintain a heavier presence around Tiananmen Square and human rights activists are taken away from the capital. Two men in Hunan province were detained for holding signs that said “6/4 29th anniversary,” according to Radio Free Asia. Four men in Sichuan, who made a liquor called bajiuliusi, a homonym for 89.6.4 and a play on the words for liquor, baijiu, and the number 89, bajiu, have been detained since mid-2016 and are still awaiting trial."

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--- So-called counter-revolutionaries in Beijing, 1989.

Is Chongqing's 'horizontal skyscraper' the answer to overcrowded cities?

"“In these dense cities like Chongqing there’s no room for big public parks [on the ground], so we have to lift them into the sky.”"

--- Bullshit. Firstly because there is enough room in Chongqing for public parks, it's only a matter of city planning. Secondly, because this "park" will probably consist mostly of shops & restaurants. Such a project, particularly (but not only) in China, is mostly about boasting "I've got the biggest, longest, highest ..."

Deutsche Nachrichten:

Zehntausende Hongkonger gedenken der Opfer vom Tian'anmen

"Mit einer Mahnwache haben Tausende Demonstranten in Hongkong an die Opfer der vor 29 Jahren brutal niedergeschlagenen Tian'anmen-Proteste in Peking erinnert."

--- Viel wurde in Deutschland nicht dazu berichtet. Mußte regelrecht suchen, um was verlinken zu können.

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