The flowers are blooming along Peking's main thoroughfares, the shops are as busy as ever, Chinese and foreign tourists chatter excitedly in Tienanmen Square, and women, as the city mayor said recently, continue to have babies. "
經常由北平發台灣消息的泰晤士報駐地記者凱撒琳．辛普森報導了一個曲折有趣的「新聞」：一位加拿大籍女記者去年六月因採訪民運，將車停在天安門附近一處熱鬧的購物街上，幾天之後即不翼而飛，向警局報案也如石沉大海。