Twenty years ago today , Beijing was the site of a horrific incident that saw soldiers turning against students, official power cutting off the voice of the people. Hundreds of students and others died at the hands of their government, in the capital of the country they loved and were trying to make better.

In Beijing today, radio silence. No acknowledgement, no regret, no memory allowed. Twitter, flickr, Hotmail, Youtube, Blogspot, Tumblr, Livejournal, Xanga, Wordpress, Friendfeed, Flickr, Live.com, Bing: blocked. Newscasters and public figures banned from wearing white, the color of mourning. Tiananmen mothers and former protesters are under house arrest, as they are on this day every year.

And by all accounts it's just another day.

Perhaps you can take a moment today to think of those people, so young, who died for what they believed in. Who the government is trying its hardest to make sure we all forget. Please take a moment. Someone should remember.

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