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).
Guard standing at one of the entrances to the Square
Sea of umbrellas
Just standing around with umbrellas, very inconspicuous
Tons of ?? (wujing, special police forces)