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(16 Apr 1999) Mandarin/Nat Chinese police kept close watch on dissidents and a sensitive grave site on the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square democracy protests. The authorities wanted to prevent public commemoration of the massacre, especially when discontent amongst the unemployed is rising and China's economy is slowing down. For two hours on a rainy Thursday morning, police closed off the grave site in southern China of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. In the past eight days, police have detained at least two dissidents to keep them from traveling to Hu's grave. It's located on a hilltop in a stretch of woods planted by the Communist Youth League which he once headed. A third dissident - a former aide to Hu - called off his plans to visit when police made it clear he was not welcome. Foreign reporters were also kept away. Several motorcades with police escort were allowed to enter the Yaobang cemetery - presumably to allow family members and other high-level officials to pay their respects out of public view. By mid-afternoon, seven floral wreaths, limp from a steady rain, lay at the black stone base of the Hu's monument-size grave stone. Plainclothes police, carrying umbrellas, outnumbered cautious visitors. Hu was ousted as party chief for being too liberal. His death on April 15, 1989, sparked the protests that brought over a million people to Beijing's Tiananmen Square. It ended seven weeks later with a military assault which killed hundreds. The Tiananmen Square protests and their bloody end are among the most divisive issues in modern Chinese politics. The communist leadership began a crackdown on dissents late last year, partly out of fear that democracy campaigners would use the anniversary to stir up opposition to Beijing. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...