A YEAR OF ANNIVERSARIES MAY CATALYZE FREEDOM IN CHINA
2009 may be a year of "interesting times" for China's communist rulers, for it is the:
90th anniversary of the student-led revolt against imperial rule (the model for the Tienanmen Square student protest).
60th anniversary of the establishment of Communist seizure of power.
50th anniversaries of the Tibetan Revolt against Chinese occupation and the Dalai Lama's flight to India.
20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre of students protesting for democracy.
10th anniversary of suppression of the Falun Gong nonviolent spiritual movement.
What might happen? Let's start with Tibet.