In a country that ascribes great meaning to numbers, the Chinese stock market’s fall yesterday was a potent and, for the government, dangerous reminder of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
The Shanghai Composite index tumbled 64.89 points – a freakish coincidence on the anniversary of the June 4 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, an event known in Chinese simply as “liu-si” or “six-four”.
Beijing, which has long tried to silence talk of the bloody events 23 years ago, acted quickly. Searches for the phrase “Shanghai Composite index” were banned by censors on popular microblogs.
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