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Xinhua: Goodbye Comrade Zhao, who made "serious mistakes"Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, January 29, 2005 1:17 PM
Xinhua has published an article about Zhao Ziyang's cremation this morning. The same article was published verbatim on the People's Daily website. Remains of Comrade Zhao Ziyang cremated in Beijing Comrade Zhao Ziyang, who passed away on Jan. 17 at the age of 85, was cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing Saturday morning. LINKS: UPDATE: Bill Bishop of the blog Billsdue points out that the Chinese language reports about Zhao's funeral "used the word ”风波“(turbulence) as opposed to the word ”动乱“ (turmoil; a very loaded word in Chinese political history) [to describe the events of 1989]. This is one of the most sensitive statements the Chinese government has issued in years, and you can be sure every word was approved at the top. I believe this subtle change is progress for China". Billsdue's post is here. |
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