Daily News Article - June 3, 2009
1. List the actions the Chinese government has taken to block information about the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. (see para. 1-4, 6-8, 16-19)
2. How are Twitter users getting around the Chinese government censors?
3. How has the Chinese government reacted to calls for it to pardon jailed demonstrators and "reassess" the events at Tiananmen Square?
4. Why does the banned Chinese Human Rights Defenders group say that the Chinese government is blocking access to all information on Tiananmen Square?
5. What are other countries doing to commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre?
6. Do you think that the internet and other technology will make a difference in the way the Chinese government can control information its citizens are able to access? Explain your answer.