tiananmen square massacre
For the final search, “Tiananmen Square massacre” was typed in, deliberately choosing the more controversial phrase instead of “Tiananmen Square incident.” Once again, a long list of results appeared, detailing the military crackdown on Every time there's a sensitive political anniversary like the anniversary of the Tibetan protests of 2008, or the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, the Chinese government blocks foreign-owned sites like Gmail, For example, searches on "Tiananmen Square massacre," "Xinijang independence," and "Tibet Information Network" all returned results. They would not have returned results before. Writer Adrienne Mong says: The searches proved erratic and