NOTE: “Answers” emails have ended for the school year and will resume September 2nd.

1. Define censor, censorship and dissident.

2. What was the purpose of the student protests in China’s Tiananmen Square 25 years ago?

3. How did the Communist government react to the protests? (How did it end?)

4. What steps has the Communist government taken to ensure that the new generation of Chinese citizens will have no knowledge of the Tiananmen protests and government massacre?

5. How successful has the Communist government’s censorship campaign been?

6. What steps has the Chinese government taken against dissidents/activists/families of victims?

7. Dozens of dissidents have been arrested or just disappeared in the months leading up to the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen. How would you describe Hu Jia’s attempts to marke the anniversary of the government crackdown?