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wounded. Today the topic is strictly taboo on the mainland, website content relating to the
issue is blocked (except for official versions of the incident), and many young people have
no knowledge of the event at all. People are acutely aware, however, of the risk of gathering
in large groups. At the hint of any protest, the government cracks down on Internet activity,
potential gathering sites, and on known activists and dissidents. And there is no city in Ch-
ina that is more closely monitored by the government than Beijing.
A larger-than-life portrait of Mao Zedong hangs over the gate of the Forbidden City.
When Mao took power, he began a “generation” system of leadership. Together with
Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and Zhu De, he represented the first generation, from 1949 to 1976.
Deng Xiaoping was of the second generation (1976-1992). It was under Deng Xiaoping
