Chinese media muted on Zhao death
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The death of China's purged Communist leader Zhao Ziyang gets on limited coverage in the local media.
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The Chinese governmentâs censorship of Web sites with no discernible political content has fostered a backlash.
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China issued an evenhanded plea for calm in Myanmar on Thursday after refusing to condemn the military-run government, while Southeast Asian nations expressed "revulsion" at the violent repression of the demonstrations.
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Tiananmen Square was quiet on Monday and China's media was silent on the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators that took place there 18 years ago to the day, but rights groups said it would not be forgotten.
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Some 56 people were killed and another 100 were reported missing in a coal mine blast in central China, state media said Thursday.
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The family of purged Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang has decided to forgo a state funeral, sparing China's leaders a sensitive decision on whether to hold a high-profile ceremony that they fear could trigger protests.
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Zhao Ziyang, a reformist toppled as  China's Communist Party chief in 1989 for opposing an army  crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, died in  hospital on Monday, his family said. He was 85.
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Beijing's effort to silence discussion about Zhao Ziyang has landed in the heart of Hong Kong.
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The Chinese government refrained on Monday from saying much about the results of Sunday's elections in Hong Kong, but the country's Communist leaders had reason to be pleased.
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Thousands of people in Hong Kong paid  tribute to China's purged leader Zhao Ziyang at a candlelight  vigil on Friday, the largest gathering yet on Chinese soil to  mourn his death.
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The family of purged Communist Party  chief Zhao Ziyang has decided to forgo a state funeral, sparing  China's leaders a sensitive decision on whether to hold a  high-profile ceremony that they fear could trigger protests.
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Zhao Ziyang, toppled as China's  Communist Party chief in 1989 for opposing an army crackdown on  the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, died in hospital on  Monday, his family and the government said. He was 85.
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Zhao Ziyang, who was ousted as China's Communist Party leader after sympathizing with the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests and became a symbol of the era's shattered hopes, died Monday after 15 years under house arrest. He was 85.
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Zhao Ziyang's death poses a delicate challenge for President Hu Jintao, who must decide whether to hold a state funeral.
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A group of veteran China Communist  Party members has urged the leadership to assure proper funeral  honors for Zhao Ziyang, purged as party chief in 1989 for  sympathising with the Tiananmen Square democracy protests.
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Zhao Ziyang, a Chinese leader purged for his support of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement, remained in a deep coma Sunday, according to a human rights activist in contact with his family, but state media did not disclose the ailing leader's condition to the Chinese public.
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Reportedly a fire in an iron mine in Northern China has killed eight miners and 79 miners are still unable to be reached. According to the news from New Chinese News Agency, five miners managed to escape from