George Galloway and Tiananmen Square massacre deaths denial

The excellent Harry's Place has a piece on George Galloway that is not related to Israel and the Palestinians, subjects that I have covered with regard to George Galloway previously, but relate to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Do read the Harry's Place piece but first watch this piece of video...


George Galloway said

"It is a remarkable thing that something we’ve been told for 20 years was a massacre, that not a single photograph of a single dead person has been adduced"

What do you say now George, now that you have seen some pictures (and video) of dead Chinese protesters from Tiananmen Square and its surroundings?

China's 60th anniversary

The BBC report that:

"China is staging mass celebrations to mark 60 years since the Communist Party came to power.

Vast lines of tanks, soldiers and missile launchers are being paraded through the capital Beijing.

President Hu Jintao has appeared on the rostrum at Tiananmen Square in a black Mao-style tunic, seen by analysts as a symbol of his control of the military.

He was joined by his predecessor Jiang Zemin, Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior leaders.

After a 60-gun salute, the Chinese flag was formally raised in the centre of the historic square - where revolutionary leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949.

The military parade, expected to show previously unseen missile technology, followed a drive-by inspection of the armed forces and a speech by President Hu which lauded China's progress.

The president, speaking from the same spot where Mao Zedong had stood 60 years ago, claimed China had a bright future, had made global economic strides and would unite all cultures and ethnicities within it.

Security forces have been deployed in force across Beijing, ahead of a pageant featuring ordinary citizens, which will also take place in Tiananmen Square.

Some 30,000 people have been invited to watch the events, but others are being encouraged to stay at home and watch it on TV to "avoid complications".

Armed police in body armour have taken up positions at major road junctions in the capital, with snipers spotted on buildings along the parade route on Chang'an Avenue.

Roads have been blocked off, the international airport closed and the subway disrupted.

Many shops and businesses have been closed along the route and a new portrait of Mao Zedong has been installed in Tiananmen Square.

Some reports say the extravaganza will use twice as many fireworks as featured in the opening ceremony to last year's Olympic Games.

National Day is an annual highlight for the Chinese government, but extra effort has been made to mark the 60th anniversary of what China sees as the start of its transformation from an impoverished country into a global contender.

On the eve of the festivities, the country's leaders held a dinner for 4,000 people in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Premier Wen Jiabao praised China's development and said he was looking forward to celebrating "the centenary of New China" in 40 years' time."

Anything missing from this article replete with mentions of Chairman Mao?

How about a mention of the around 50 million people killed by the Chinese regime since 1949? How about a mention of the many millions tortured by the Chinese regime and forced to give up their "intellectual" jobs to work on the land as "workers"? How about a mention of those killed in Tiananmen Square? How about a mention of the human rights abuses that occurred around the Beijing Olympics?

Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany killed around 7 million people and the regime is rightly abhorred. Stalin's Russia and Mao's China killed many many more and shhhh hardly a word of protest is allowed. Why? Maybe something to do with the backgrounds of a large proportion of the BBC and Labour Party leadership; once a Marxist, always a Marxist?

Iranian elections

From Twitter -

"4pm all across IRAN RT @persiankiwi tomorrow we march. Will biggest in world history. 10 mill march tomorrow. #iranelection"

4pm in Tehran is 12:30 in London... We will see what happens. Will this be another Tiananmen Square type massacre or a repeat of the 1979 revolution.

By the way has anyone heard a peep on Iran from our Foreign Secretary David "Boy" Miliband or Barack "Hope" Obama?

Burma & Tibet

It is good to see the MSM finally catching up with those of us who have been trying to alert the world to the iniquities of the Burmese military rulers.

Maybe the MSM could also look at another Buddhist country that has been pillaged by a military dictatorship; I refer to Tibet. Somehow I doubt that we shall see much coverage of the terror that followed the Chinese invasion of Tibet in the pages of News International papers.

I just caught the end of the Radio 4 Toady Today programme reporting on events in Burma and heard them wonder if China could get more involved so as to protect the pro-democracy protesters. Two thoughts came to my mind:

1) do the BBC not realise which country it is that has been supporting the Burmese Military Government over recent years. I found this article that really shows naivety "Beijing is traditionally reluctant to speak publicly about the internal affairs of other countries.", reluctant to speak but happy to invade Tibet though. China imports much raw materials from Burma and is also building oil pipelines through Burma to ensure ever more oil can reach China to fuel its plans for world domination economic growth. Also before the BBC praise China and its ability to help Burma, maybe they could broadcast the fact that "Beijing used its veto in the United Nations' Security Council in January to block criticism of Burma's military junta."

2) do the BBC not think that promoting China as a country that could help Burma's pro-democracy demonstrators is rather odd, have the BBC forgotten the Tiananmen Square massacre?


Does anyone else find it ironic that the Labour Government are standing up for the rights of the Burmese people to hold protest marches in Rangoon and Mandalay having previously stopped the British people protesting within one kilometre of Parliament without the advance permission of the Metropolitan police.