China censors protest site’s location ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Chinese authorities have blacked out online map searches for Sitong bridge where a rare protest was staged last year on the eve of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary. – AFP pic, June 3, 2023.
CHINESE police beefed up their presence today at the bridge where a rare protest was staged last year, with authorities censoring online map searches for the site and even removing a road sign on the eve of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary. In October, days before China’s ruling party was set to hold congress, a protester had draped banners with slogans criticising the Communist Party’s Covid policies on the side of Beijing’s Sitong bridge.
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