Hu Yaobang Commemoration
As I wrote previously, I expected the Hu Yaobang commemoration to be a rather low-key affair for obvious reasons.
That was indeed the case, as far as can be judged from the media available on the Web.
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Linked below is the Xinhua official news agency account of the entire event. It's worth noting that it mentions neither that he was deposed for refusing a hard crack-down on protests nor the role his death played in triggering the events leading up to Tiananmen 1989.
But I guess that people in China have already learnt to read what´s not on the line in a story.
Nevertheless, it was an event of great political significance in today's China.
China commemorates late CPC senior leader
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