Shanghai Stock Index Reminds China of ‘6.4 Incident’

The exchange opened at 2,346.98—a figure that resembles the date of the massacre written backward, followed by the 23rd anniversary (1989, June 4, 23).

An investor watches the electronic board at a stock exchange hall in China. On June 4, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 massacre of students, the Shanghai Stock Exchange index fell 64.89 points—a seeming reference to the date of the massacre. ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Attempts by the Chinese regime to suppress the memory of the Tiananmen Square massacre were foiled this year by means natural and perhaps supernatural. While Western governments criticized regime policy, the share price on the heavily watched Shanghai Stock Exchange seemed to point to the date of the event.

The exchange opened at 2,346.98—a figure that resembles the date of the massacre written backward, followed by the 23rd anniversary (1989, June 4, 23). The index then went on close 64.89 points lower, in what appeared to be yet another reference to the date of the incident (June 4, 1989).