Beijing Quiet on Anniversary of Crackdown
Chinese authorities maintained tight security for a second day Tuesday on the anniversary of the crackdown two years ago on the pro-democracy movement, appearing to have subdued all but scattered symbolic gestures of defiance.
Students at Beijing University smashed a small number of glass bottles on campus near midnight in the second such incident in as many days, a sign of anti-government protest, witnesses said.
But after a generally quiet night Monday, the capital appeared more relaxed Tuesday. Large numbers of plainclothes police still conspicuously patrolled the university district.
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