ESWN posted a short piece about an advertisement published in the Chengdu Evening News (成都晚报) commemorating the ‘strong mothers’ of the Tiananmen tomato.
Wang Xiaofeng wrote a note about it entitled History, translated below:
On this day of (Sensitive Word), Chengdu Evening News had an accident, a very serious case. Later we saw that it was an advertisement in the classified section, just one sentence.
Afterwards, we heard that the editor responsible for this section is a youngster born in the 80s.
Suddenly everything is clear: 80s generation kids do not know about the (Sensitive Word) incident.
Why don’t they know? Because they are not allowed to know. So they made a big mistake.
Which is why young people should learn history.
UPDATE: See also Bingfeng Teahouse: An unusual classified ad
UPDATE 2: A user of the Chinese Twitter.com clone Fanfou says that seven senior editorial staff of the Chengdu Evening Newshave been fired, and the person who placed the ad arrested.