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> Chinese speak very freely about all topics in private and with people they know. It sounds like that's not always the case: https://www.inkstonenews.com/pol
by CharlesColeman 7y ago
> Chinese speak very freely about all topics in private and with people they know.
It sounds like that's not always the case:
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/tiananmen-crackdown-awkwardness-bringing-30-year-old-memories/article/3012864 https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/tiananmen-crackdown-aw...
> Mark was intrigued by the seemingly unlikely scene, in which his now civil servant father chanted slogans against the government. But before he could probe him for more information, his mother had called an end to the discussion: “Stop talking about this.”
> ....Anecdotes of talented people punished for taking part in the protests are part of the Tiananmen story that witnesses have been passing on. The underlying message is: stay away or you will end up like that.
- forkLding 7y agoMy dad was a student in Beijing at the time and was going to join in because that was the cool thing to do for students at the time, however he was stopped at a bridge by soldiers and didn't participate. He is pretty chill about the whole thing and says that if he did end up participating, he probably wouldn't be alive or his career would be ruined.