Veckans sammanställning av Kina-tweets domineras av diskussioner kring massakern vid Himmelska fridens torg, samt kontroll och censur relaterad till denna händelse.
Bland annat har en reporter från CNN fått skanna sitt ansikte för att återigen kunna använda WeChat, efter att han där postat material relaterat till massakern.
Ett olyckligt och okänsligt exempel för Sverige var att kulturdepartementet skickade personal till kinesiska ambassaden för att äta kakor och diskutera turism, i samband med årsdagen för massakern vid Himmelska fridens torg.
Ett trendbrott mot tidigare årsdagar verkar vara att såväl kinesiska medier som myndigheter istället för att som vanligt försöka tiga ihjäl händelsen, har kommenterat den i positiva eller i alla fall försvarande ordalag.
Detta kan ses nedan genom uttalanden från såväl statliga tidningen Global Times som Kinas försvarsminister. Taiwans utrikesminister håller till synes inte riktigt med.
Vidare hålls trycket uppe på Twitter och i andra forum om situationen i Xinjiang, medan det har varit fortsatt relativt tyst om handelskriget.
In this essay, I reflect the human rights movement in China in the past 30 years. It was painful to write. So much sacrifice, so little gain. I weep. But we cannot not fight for freedom, because we cannot not love freedom. https://t.co/0yuBgwqMAC
— Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 (@Yaqiu) June 3, 2019
How Tiananmen Square Cemented China’s Obsession With Control
-Other developing nations seen leaning toward Chinese system
With comments from @wang_maya, @lokmantsui, me https://t.co/IOnkgwmQyL @sbanjo @PeterMartin_PCM
— William Nee (@williamnee) June 2, 2019
Lots of important reflection on the #TiananmenSquareMassacre. Far less about the deadly force used outside Beijing. We talked to @limlouisa about the history she uncovered in Chengdu. https://t.co/KE6bogOewr
— Kate Woodsome (@kwoodsome) June 7, 2019
Varför väljer Sveriges kulturdepartement att äta sesamkakor med Kinas ambassadör i samband med minnesdagen för massakern i Peking? Och vad är det för turismvecka som inleds en dyster dag som 3 juni, då kinesiska oppositionella fastar? #Tiananmen30 https://t.co/yug6FYSZJ8
— Hanna Sahlberg (@hsahlberg) June 5, 2019
Tiananmen Square: China minister defends 1989 massacre — Defence Minister Wei Fenghe told a regional forum that stopping the "turbulence" was the "correct" policy.https://t.co/hEk56j6XCx
— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) June 2, 2019
#环球时报 Editorial: Leaving the Tiananmen Square incident behind has been aimed at helping the country get away from the shadow, avoid disputes, and help Chinese people face the future. https://t.co/FwToa2Q6UU pic.twitter.com/NVbpUExRbN
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 3, 2019
Confess, apologise & never do harm again. Set the people of #China free. JW pic.twitter.com/XnXhu9VEEe
— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) ?? (@MOFA_Taiwan) June 4, 2019
“It’s scary, the thought of him winning feels like handing Taiwan to China…If it happens, I’ll seriously think about emigrating.”https://t.co/5hNbOae6EI
— Chris Horton 何貴森 (@heguisen) June 6, 2019
#Taiwan feels the pressure from #China ahead of presidential election https://t.co/eFfeqeF04y via @FinancialTimes & @KathrinHille
— Edward White (@edwardwhitenz) June 2, 2019
As @anneapplebaum pointed out, "Never Again" has become a cruel & hollow phrase. It's been replaced with "It's none of our business" and "There's nothing we can do." https://t.co/hDSnUoviKi
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 3, 2019
#China’s #Uighur #Muslims forced to eat pork to break #Ramadan fast in #Xinjiang where millions are being held in internment camps. My dispatch from #Kashgar where @giuliamarchi & I were kidnapped twice and police van tried to slam into us https://t.co/kyV9RNcKNZ @TelegraphWorld pic.twitter.com/WyiDo1EwZW
— Sophia Yan (@sophia_yan) June 2, 2019
.@NewCenturyBaopu's put out 3 books in #HK this year. He used to put out one a month. In 2016, his HK printer, Asia One, cut ties w him, now he prints in Taiwan. This is what happens when 70% of the HK book publishing industry is controlled by the #CCP.https://t.co/V41oyjXVva
— Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 (@KongTsungGan) June 5, 2019
Update: I’ve been allowed back onto Wechat after providing a facial recognition scan. Not very Big Brother heh? I’m sure there’s no way that Wechat would pass on the face scans of everyone who mentioned the Tiananmen bloodshed anniversary to the secret police in #China? pic.twitter.com/GDPDVWVSJn
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) June 7, 2019
As of yesterday, China appears to have blocked the Guardian, one of few remaining foreign news sites that had been accessible in China without a vpn. https://t.co/bKhxTwMfnM
— Lily Kuo (@lilkuo) June 8, 2019
