Tiananmen Square and Wikipedia

Tiananmen Square 1989

I began reading "Getting Rich First - Life in a Changing China" today in an attempt to stave off a bout of aggrevated depression which comes now and then with my daily stresses and I thought it would be a good idea to dive into the infamous Tiananmen Square incident of 1989. For those of you who are not familiar with the incident I highly recommend reading up on it as it gives exceptional insight into China, it's people, government, and history. You could potentially learn the entirety of China's recent history via this article and the links it contains. Take it a step at a time though I'm still on the first level of links and the amount of information to absorb is mind numbing to say the least.

Hopefully my blog will not get blocked in the coming weeks for mentioning this article and this highlighted historical event *crossing fingers*. I could not help but find the event fascinating as it so vividly displays the turmoil of the country on a global stage. Some noteable finds within my research are details about Tiananmen Square itself - "The Tank Man" "HanDongfang - 韩东方"

some history on key political players at the time including Deng Xiaoping - 邓小平 shame on you if you don't know him by name ;).  Clarification on China's one country, two systems policy and Glasnost and plenty of other goodies all linked up nicely.

Wikipedia & Wikileaks

If your an activist or an aspiring one then you owe it to yourself to take a look at Wikileaks. This is a very intense effort at circumventing corruption by enabling anyone to post documents of a senstive nature (govenement, religious, corporate) that bring corruption and other wrongdoings to light completely anonymously. Developed by Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians and startup company technologists from the U.S., Taiwan, Europe, Australia, and South Africa this is one of the coolest discoveries I've made online recently. Take a look at some of the impact this site has had worldwide posted on the wikipedia page and you'll see what I mean. 

I'd like to give a very quick shout out to Wikipedia in general. Thank you for existing and for being increadibly useful. For those of you that don't know you can set up an account with Wikipedia and begin helping the community update pages as well as add your own informative content. I've hit several bumps when searching for technical terminology revolving around the PCB industry which I would love for a better informed individual to add to the wiki. I'm sure this sentiment is shared by plenty of people who have come to rely on wikipedia as an information resource and as such I encourage everyone capable to add their expertise to fill in the blanks for terms wherever they can.