Jun 5 2009

Tiananmen Square Faces Umbrella Dilemma

James Fallows painted a bleak picture of what it’d be like to visit TAM Square on June 4. So when I decided to visit today, I decided to forgo bringing my Canon 5d and brought my compact camera, instead. Indeed, more plainclothes security than visitors that day. Some followed us, others tried to photograph us, but all-in-all a very uneventful day (as expected).

TAMGuard standing at one of the entrances to the Square

TAM2Sea of umbrellas

TAM3Just standing around with umbrellas, very inconspicuous

TAM4Tons of ?? (wujing, special police forces)