Chinese Police Try Low-Tech Censorship

<p>Yesterday <a href=”https://www.utne.com/politics/inside-the-tank-at-tiananmen-square-guntzel.aspx” target=”_self”>we wrote of Chinese police blocking television cameras with umbrellas at Tiananmen Square</a>. Here’s what that hilarious and infuriating low-tech censorship looked like (cheers to the BBC correspondent, who played this one like a pro):</p>
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<strong>Source: <a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/” target=”_blank”>BBC</a>
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