The BBC and Guardian are reporting that a Chinese mother whose son died in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown gets a "hardship" payment from local government officials. The Guardian explains:
The Chinese authorities have compensated the mother of a youth who died after being beaten in police custody during the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, in the first known payment of its kind. A human rights activist said yesterday that police in Chengdu had reportedly paid 70,000 yuan (£4,800) as "hardship assistance" to Tang Deying, who has campaigned for 17 years for an official apology and redress for the death of her son.
To read more:
http://story.stlouisstar.com/p.x/ct/9/id/cc23a7655e0160c9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/
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