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I remember watching the unfolding Tiananmen Square uprising (from afar) with hope and some fear.
I remember reading about the Tiananmen Square massacre with horror.
Yesterday was the 23rd anniversary of the massacre. I suppose what happened to the "Shanghai Composite Index" - China's equivalent of the Dow Jones Index - could have been a mere coincidence or, or the result of some very, very elaborate stock market manipulation. Or it could be the gods having their say:
In an unlikely coincidence certainly unwelcome to China's communist rulers, the stock benchmark fell 64.89 points Monday, matching the numbers of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in the heart of Beijing.
In another odd twist, the index opened Monday at 2,346.98. That is being interpreted as 23rd anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown when read from right to left.
The full story is here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...YO8qQ?docId=7e6712b61cf74d6db878f38634be6d69.
And fortunately, we do get to "read all about it."
I remember reading about the Tiananmen Square massacre with horror.
Yesterday was the 23rd anniversary of the massacre. I suppose what happened to the "Shanghai Composite Index" - China's equivalent of the Dow Jones Index - could have been a mere coincidence or, or the result of some very, very elaborate stock market manipulation. Or it could be the gods having their say:
In an unlikely coincidence certainly unwelcome to China's communist rulers, the stock benchmark fell 64.89 points Monday, matching the numbers of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in the heart of Beijing.
In another odd twist, the index opened Monday at 2,346.98. That is being interpreted as 23rd anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown when read from right to left.
The full story is here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...YO8qQ?docId=7e6712b61cf74d6db878f38634be6d69.
And fortunately, we do get to "read all about it."
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