我現在住的地方可不一樣。經過連續兩天的疾風暴雨，處處水浸，交通受阻，省政府宣佈昆士蘭東南部進入緊急狀態，呼吁市民如無必要，不要外出，留在家中較為安全。
20年前的今晚，經歷了國家囚徒由木面副手陪同，含淚探望學生後人間蒸發，經歷了一臉芝麻官相，但聲色俱厲的總理定性廣場示威為動亂，並宣佈戒嚴。首都以至整個國家進入緊急狀態。
香港出現了事件發生以來首次大型聲援集會。
那個晚上，8號風球高懸，風雨交加，香港人理應如無必要，不要外出，留在家中。
我們倆，選擇了去維園和新華社。這是向來政治冷感的她的人生首度集會抗議經驗。
Hi Joe, have not logged on to your blog for quite a while. June 4 does carry a lot of implications to all people in HK, both positive and negative. Back in 1989, we could not imagine what 2009 would be like. Today, we cannot imagine what 2029 will be like. Another demo in BJ, another demo in Victoria Park, another 4.26 editorial in People's Daily, another crackdown in Tiananmen, another 痛心疾首 editorial by HK 文匯報.... There was no internet back in 1989, and we have it now. Information can be trasmitted in a much faster way with lots of details. Remember the bicycle teams in BJ taking up the task of spreading the news to all other people around? Today we even have mobile phones and SMS service affordable to most people in China.... But of course, all these can be switched off by the authority within seconds.
回覆刪除Did I tell you that, a friend of mine who had been working in China for more than 15 years and is now early retired like you, commented on the Chinese govt: corrupt-to-the-core.
When I retire, I think of travelling around China to see this country, so close and yet so far, and perhaps witness the second 'June 4'. Will you join me??
Witness the next June 4? Hope it's a happy occasion.
回覆刪除No authority can "switch off" information flows. Can make such flows much harder though. For example, I understand that it is not terribly difficult to access banned web sites (like this one) from within China.