A: Hey buddy! Have you seen anything interesting online lately?
B: Not much really, just the usual stuff. Why do you ask?
A: Well, I found something pretty cool actually. It's about those foreign embassies in Beijing.
B: Oh yeah? What's up with them?
A: They marked 36 years since that big incident at Tiananmen Square! Can you believe it's been that long?
B: Really? What did they do exactly?
A: Well, the British Embassy shared a video. It showed that man standing in front of tanks, and then the screen turned white until he disappears.
B: Oh wow, that sounds like a powerful message! Do you think it's related to what happened back then?
A: Definitely! I believe it's a satire about how the Chinese government has been trying to hide information about the incident for so long.
B: That's pretty intense... What about the US Embassy?
A: They posted a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the Chinese Communist Party is trying to censor the truth, but that everyone will remember what happened. He also commemorated those who lost their lives and are still suffering for trying to exercise their freedom during that time.
B: Wow, it's great they're acknowledging it even if China doesn't want them to. I wonder why they didn't post on Chinese social media though?
A: Seems like they did it on X instead, probably because the Chinese authorities would censor it if they tried posting there. Crazy, huh?
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Foreign embassies in Beijing made social media posts on Wednesday to mark 36 years since the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the Chinese capital's Tiananmen Square.
The British Embassy posted a short video featuring the iconic scene of a man standing in front of tanks. The screen is gradually whitened out, and in the end, the man disappears.
The video appears to satirize the Chinese government's thorough and ongoing suppression of speech about the incident.
The US Embassy posted a statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the Chinese Communist Party "actively tries to censor the facts, but the world will never forget."
The statement said, "Today we commemorate the bravery of the Chinese people who were killed as they tried to exercise their fundamental freedoms, as well as those who continue to suffer persecution as they seek accountability and justice for the events of June 4, 1989."
Such posts were made not on Chinese social media but on X, apparently to avoid censorship by Chinese authorities.
B: Not much really, just the usual stuff. Why do you ask?
A: Well, I found something pretty cool actually. It's about those foreign embassies in Beijing.
B: Oh yeah? What's up with them?
A: They marked 36 years since that big incident at Tiananmen Square! Can you believe it's been that long?
B: Really? What did they do exactly?
A: Well, the British Embassy shared a video. It showed that man standing in front of tanks, and then the screen turned white until he disappears.
B: Oh wow, that sounds like a powerful message! Do you think it's related to what happened back then?
A: Definitely! I believe it's a satire about how the Chinese government has been trying to hide information about the incident for so long.
B: That's pretty intense... What about the US Embassy?
A: They posted a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the Chinese Communist Party is trying to censor the truth, but that everyone will remember what happened. He also commemorated those who lost their lives and are still suffering for trying to exercise their freedom during that time.
B: Wow, it's great they're acknowledging it even if China doesn't want them to. I wonder why they didn't post on Chinese social media though?
A: Seems like they did it on X instead, probably because the Chinese authorities would censor it if they tried posting there. Crazy, huh?
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Foreign embassies in Beijing made social media posts on Wednesday to mark 36 years since the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the Chinese capital's Tiananmen Square.
The British Embassy posted a short video featuring the iconic scene of a man standing in front of tanks. The screen is gradually whitened out, and in the end, the man disappears.
The video appears to satirize the Chinese government's thorough and ongoing suppression of speech about the incident.
The US Embassy posted a statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the Chinese Communist Party "actively tries to censor the facts, but the world will never forget."
The statement said, "Today we commemorate the bravery of the Chinese people who were killed as they tried to exercise their fundamental freedoms, as well as those who continue to suffer persecution as they seek accountability and justice for the events of June 4, 1989."
Such posts were made not on Chinese social media but on X, apparently to avoid censorship by Chinese authorities.
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Summary
Foreign embassies in Beijing commemorated the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident. The British Embassy posted a video showing an individual standing before tanks, gradually fading away, symbolizing censorship by the Chinese government. The U.S. Embassy released a statement from
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250604_27/
Date: June 4, 2025
Created: 2025/06/05 07:09
Updated: 2025/12/08 03:49
Last Read: 2025/06/05 07:48