Chinese social media has censored a picture of two female athletes from China who unintentionally brought up the carnage in Tiananmen Square.
Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni’s race numbers start with” 64 ,” which is a common allusion to the 4 June incident.
In China, talking about the event is still frowned upon, and officials regularly remove any references to it from the internet.
In Beijing, forces killed hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in 1989.
Human rights organizations estimate that between some hundred and several thousand people were killed on that day, though it is still unclear how many people really perished.
Following a 100-meter barriers competition at the Asian Games in which Ms. Lin took home gold, the runners had hugged one another. In the picture, she was positioned then to Ms. Wu’s street number 4.
Consumers had congratulated Ms. Lin on Weibo, one of the largest social media sites in China. But, articles that featured the image were swapped out for dark squares.
In the Asian Games, which are currently taking place in Hangzhou, China has won close to 300 awards. It should continue until October 8th.
In China, discussing the events that occurred in Tiananmen Square is extremely delicate because decades of younger Chinese children growing up with little to no understanding of the carnage there.
Articles about the massacres are frequently taken down from the internet, which is strictly regulated by the government.
A well-known Chinese influencer’s livestream from last year, which was held on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of 9 / 11, abruptly came to an end after he showed his audience a vanilla log cake that looked like it was made of tank material. This was in reference to the iconic image of one so-called Tank Man, in which the viewer is shown holding shopping bags while attempting to block the tanks in front of them.
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