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Chinese Cops Block Cameras With Umbrellas On Tiananmen Square 20th Anniversary

By Wilson Rothman Published June 4, 2009, 4:00 am ET

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Our friend Elaine in China sent us a report that Chinese police use umbrellas to thwart camera crews from shooting video at Tiananmen Square. Here’s a whole CNN report of the protest’s 20th anniversary, replete with government-endorsed in-yer-face umbrella madness:

[Shanghaiist]

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