China blocks Twitter service ahead of anniversary

**MIG-31** · Jun 2, 2009, 08:32 PM

BEIJING (Reuters) - Access to the popular social networking service Twitter and email service Hotmail was blocked across mainland China on Tuesday afternoon, two days before the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Before dawn on June 4, 1989, tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing to quell weeks of protest by students and workers. China has never issued a death toll from the crushing of what it calls a "counter-revolutionary" conspiracy.
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Source: Reuters

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MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	China blocks Twitter service ahead of anniversary BEIJING (Reuters) - Access to the popular social networking service Twitter and email service Hotmail was blocked across mainland China on Tuesday afternoon, two days before the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown. Before dawn on June 4, 1989, tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing to quell weeks of protest by students and workers. China has never issued a death toll from the crushing of what it calls a "counter-revolutionary" conspiracy. ____________ Source: Reuters __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here