http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12517909
A call for protesters in 12 different cities circulated the internet in China, but only one location recieved protesters. In the usual over-excitement by the Chinese government, large numbers of police enforcement were sent to all of the planned protesting locations. A few men were arrested in Shanghai, but according to one reporter, none of them carried signs or shouted slogans.
The Chinese government has also blocked the word "jasmine" online after the Tunisian protests.
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Here is the same event seen by a journalist from Reuters:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/20/us-china-protests-idUSTRE71J0TV20110220?pageNumber=1
First,I think it is interesting because the different titles show two different point of view. The BBC article indicate 'protests' with quotes marks that show that there weren't really any protests. Reuters title is : "Chinese police snuff out planned Arab-inspired protests".. which seems that once again, China's dictatorial government has once again oust any hope of democracy for the Chinese people. It kind of keep the cliche of the big bad China.
That was for the comparison of titles
Then, I would like to talk about the measures regarding the internet.. I think it is funny but I don't know how to interpret it... The idea of controlling the internet by forbidding some key words such as Egypt and Jasmine... there are so many other words..so why do that? To show that the government is in control and put some pressure on the individuals? ...