Tianamen square anniversary prompts cartoon crackdown - news

by Leah-Admin on Tue 1 Jun - 21:23

News from The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 2, 2010; 3:45 AM

China cartoon brings reminder of Tiananmen, erased
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"BEIJING -- A cartoon some Chinese say refers to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has been removed from the website of one of China's most assertive newspapers, just two days before the crackdown's anniversary.

The Southern Metropolis Daily on Tuesday published a series of cartoons for International Children's Day. One showed a little boy drawing a line of tanks on a blackboard with what looked like a soldier standing in front. "

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