China Shuts Down Social Networking as Tiananmen Anniversary Nears

China rounds up dissidents, blocks Twitter by Christopher Bodeen 1010WINS June 3, 2009 Beijing (AP) — Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square this week, Chinese authorities have rounded up dissidents and shipped them out of town. Now, they’ve even shut down Twitter. Along with their usual methods of muzzling …