A small group of mourners visited the site of the fatal Wenzhou high-speed-train crash yesterday - the first anniversary of the tragedy - but no official commemorations were held.
There has also been no special media coverage on the mainland to mark the anniversary of the collision, which left 40 dead and nearly 200 injured, after authorities implemented a gag order. Even the families of victims say they want to get on with their lives rather than reopen old wounds.
However, seven students from Zhejiang University's Ningbo Institute of Technology arrived at the site of the accident yesterday morning.
Congcong, a 21-year-old student from the institute's biopharmaceutical department, said they had come to mourn and to make a video featuring villagers and workers who lived near the accident site.
'These people were the first batch of rescuers and we want to interview them,' he said, adding that the video would be used to promote the spirit of helping others at the institute, which had approved their trip.
A man and a woman who said they were mainland journalists from outside Wenzhou laid flowers at the scene yesterday afternoon.
'Please don't expose us publicly, otherwise our employer will give us trouble,' the woman said. 'We have received an order banning coverage [of the anniversary] and we feel very angry, but helpless.'
