Amid Chinese censorship, how are Tiananmen Square protests remembered?
5 years, 8 months ago

Amid Chinese censorship, how are Tiananmen Square protests remembered?

Al Jazeera  

The 1989 demonstrations and military crackdown are one of the most censored topics on China’s internet. This month marks 30 years since the start of student-led pro-democracy protests in China’s Tiananmen Square, where weeks of peaceful demonstration ended in a deadly military crackdown. In an effort to preserve online dissent, researchers at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Toronto have published an archive of censored content related to Tiananmen Square and the 1989 pro-democracy movement. In this episode, we’ll speak to those who witnessed events at Tiananmen Square 30 years ago and look at how this part of China’s history is remembered online. On this episode of The Stream, we speak with: Jan Wong @WriterWong Journalist & author, Red China Blues janwong.ca Wu’er Kaixi @wuerkaixi Former student leader Amos Toh @AmosToh Fellow, University of California Irvine School of Law China’s Censored Histories: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre – Global Voices His death 30 years ago today was the spark for the Tiananmen Square protests – Washington Post What do you think?

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A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he’s sentenced to more than 3 years in prison
4 days, 22 hours ago

A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he’s sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — A Chinese filmmaker has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his documentary about China’s nationwide protests against Covid lockdowns in late 2022, as Beijing seeks to erase public memories of stunning scenes of dissent against its handling of the pandemic. Chen, who goes by the name “Plato,” was detained by Shanghai police in November …

Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
1 month ago

Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cathay Pacific has apologised for airing an episode of the American series Family Guy that features …

China has changed a lot in the past 75 years — Tiananmen Square reflects that change
3 months, 1 week ago

China has changed a lot in the past 75 years — Tiananmen Square reflects that change

NPR  

China has changed a lot in the past 75 years — Tiananmen Square reflects that change This week China is celebrating 75 years of the People's Republic. China has changed a lot over the years, and Tiananmen Square has reflected that change. JOHN RUWITCH, BYLINE: Going on to Tiananmen Square used to be pretty easy. RUWITCH: In the past, he …

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
7 months ago

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Asked about Western government statements on the anniversary, she added, “We are firmly opposed to anyone using this as a pretext to attack and smear China and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” Tiananmen Mothers, …

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
7 months ago

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

LA Times  

Police officers watch over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the government’s bloody crackdown on protesters. Asked about Western government statements on the anniversary, she added, “We are firmly opposed to anyone using this as a pretext to attack and smear China and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” Tiananmen Mothers, a group formed by families of …

Taiwan’s Lai says Tiananmen ‘will not disappear in torrent of history’
7 months ago

Taiwan’s Lai says Tiananmen ‘will not disappear in torrent of history’

Al Jazeera  

Taiwan President William Lai Ching-te has promised Beijing’s brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square will not be forgotten, as Hong Kong deployed hundreds of police to keep an eye out for potential commemorative activities. “Those who live in freedom must uphold our responsibility to make sure that 4 June 1989 is never forgotten,” said the group’s founder and …

After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
7 months, 1 week ago

After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. As Beijing’s toughened political stance effectively extinguished any large-scale commemorations within its borders, overseas commemorative events have grown …

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three former organizers of Hong …

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests lost their bid to overturn their conviction Thursday over their refusal to provide authorities with information on the group under a national security law. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were core members of the Hong Kong …

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
1 year, 7 months ago

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which was the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, eight people, including activists and artists, were detained …

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
1 year, 7 months ago

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Hindustan Times  

Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police officers take away a member of the public in the Causeway Bay area on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre, in Hong …

Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
1 year, 7 months ago

Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement. People gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park annually to mark the June 4 anniversary with a candlelight vigil. …

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
1 year, 7 months ago

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fangsuo Zhou, now in his 50s, remembers all too well that dispiriting spring day in 1989 when tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Those items — blooded towels, blood-soaked banners that had been turned into tourniquets, newspaper clippings, letters and a tent used by student protesters during their seven-week demonstration — are now the centerpiece of the …

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
1 year, 7 months ago

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Those items — blooded towels, …

‘The protest of our generation’: China’s first-time demonstrators try to find a voice
2 years, 1 month ago

‘The protest of our generation’: China’s first-time demonstrators try to find a voice

LA Times  

It was the middle of the night in Shanghai when Jack’s phone rang, with a message from a friend: Something big is happening. “That said, the skills that people get from moments are things they can use the next time a moment comes along.” :: In the 1980s, China saw rapid growth and modernization under Deng Xiaoping’s embrace of economic …

China vows crackdown on 'hostile forces' as public tests Xi
2 years, 1 month ago

China vows crackdown on 'hostile forces' as public tests Xi

The Hindu  

China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces,” following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. “The meeting emphasized that political and legal organs must take effective measures to … resolutely safeguard national security and social stability," the statement said. “Zero COVID” …

China COVID protests die down, but policy resentment remains
2 years, 1 month ago

China COVID protests die down, but policy resentment remains

Al Jazeera  

Bill was standing with a group of people mostly in their 20s when a young woman started to lead the chanting. “If you’ve been following Chinese politics for long enough, you have to wonder whether the anti-lockdown protests are getting near the point where serious top-down nationwide crackdown becomes pretty much inevitable,” Taisu Zhang, a professor at Yale Law School, …

China protesters facing off with police draw comparisons with Tiananmen's 'tank man'
2 years, 1 month ago

China protesters facing off with police draw comparisons with Tiananmen's 'tank man'

Daily Mail  

Protesters defying China's brutal Communist regime and its hash zero-Covid policies are being compared to Tiananmen Square's famous 'tank man' in a move sure to send shivers down spines in Beijing. A Chinese man protesting against Xi Jinping's increasingly autocratic rule of the country faces off against a police riot van in footage thought to have come from Shanghai at …

Dating apps and Telegram: How protesters in China are defying authorities
2 years, 1 month ago

Dating apps and Telegram: How protesters in China are defying authorities

The Hindu  

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police. Videos, images and accounts of the opposition to China's tough COVID-19 curbs have poured onto China's tightly censored cyberspace since weekend …

Top Chinese security body calls for ‘crackdown’ after protests
2 years, 1 month ago

Top Chinese security body calls for ‘crackdown’ after protests

Al Jazeera  

Chinese universities send students home and police fan out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests. The Communist Party’s top security body has called for a “crackdown” on “hostile forces” after China saw protests in major cities against COVID-19 lockdowns and in support of greater political freedoms. The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which oversees all domestic law …

Chinese protests spread over government’s covid restrictions
2 years, 1 month ago

Chinese protests spread over government’s covid restrictions

Live Mint  

BEIJING : Protests are erupting in major cities in China over President Xi Jinping‘s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19, an unusual show of defiance in the country as the economic and social costs from snap lockdowns and other strict restrictions escalate. Other videos and photographs circulating online showed students demonstrating at the Communication University of China in Nanjing, with one clip …

Explained: How COVID-19 frustrations have pushed Chinese out on to the streets
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained: How COVID-19 frustrations have pushed Chinese out on to the streets

Firstpost  

Discontent has been brewing in China for months over the country’s zero-COVID policy. A gruelling lockdown in Shanghai in late March brought the first visible glimmer of widespread dissent followed by campus protests, and finally the Urumqi protests Beijing: Discontent has brewed for months in China over the country’s zero-COVID policy, with relentless mass testing, localised lockdowns and travel restrictions …

Rise of the People: As COVID protests spread, a brief history of rare acts of dissent in China
2 years, 1 month ago

Rise of the People: As COVID protests spread, a brief history of rare acts of dissent in China

Firstpost  

In one of the most widespread dissent in decades, people in China have launched an agitation against strict COVID curbs. We have to find a way out.” After the deadly fire, hundreds of protesters also gathered outside Urumqi’s government offices calling for authorities to “lift lockdowns!”, reported NDTV. According to CNN, some agitators also rallied behind cries of “Don’t want …

China's biggest protests since 1989 signal the end of Xi Jinping's hopes to beat the virus
2 years, 1 month ago

China's biggest protests since 1989 signal the end of Xi Jinping's hopes to beat the virus

ABC  

By the standards of mass protests abroad or those that took place in Hong Kong three years ago, the numbers across Chinese cities in the past few days are small. There were shades of China's 1989 Tiananmen square protests, which was the last time protesters simultaneously rallied for reforms across different cities. 'People's War' against the virus Protesters in Beijing …

Housing, lockdowns, and repression back rising dissent in China: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Housing, lockdowns, and repression back rising dissent in China: Report

India Today  

In an increasingly authoritarian set-up of the Chinese Community Party, scores of people in China are speaking up against the repressive rule, shows a recent report by Freedom House, a Washington-based thinktank. | Over the past 48 hours, Riots and mass protests in Mainland ðŸ‡è🇳 China's Guangzhou, the Heart of the Cantonese regioPRC-Controlled Guangdong are being reported on Chinese clusters …

China: Beg with hand-written apology to get account unblocked, social media platforms tell users after anti-govt posts
2 years, 1 month ago

China: Beg with hand-written apology to get account unblocked, social media platforms tell users after anti-govt posts

Firstpost  

New Delhi: For those living in China or Chinese nationals living out of the country, such as students, do-all super app WeChat is the lifeline. But, WeChat, owned by Tencent, has recently started asking their users to tender hand-written apology letters, said reports, after banning their access to the super-app on account of anti-government messages or even the mention of …

'Heroic' protester's manifesto that called on Chinese citizens to revolt scrubbed from internet
2 years, 2 months ago

'Heroic' protester's manifesto that called on Chinese citizens to revolt scrubbed from internet

The Telegraph  

Chinese censors yesterday scrubbed from the internet the manifesto of a protester who called for people to revolt by smashing Covid testing centres as President Xi Jinping delivers a highly-anticipated speech on Sunday. The author of the manifesto is believed to be a protester who was arrested on Thursday after hanging two banners on a bridge calling for democratic reforms …

Tiananmen Square 2.0: Man protests with banners, calling on loudspeaker to ‘strike the dictator’ Xi Jinping
2 years, 2 months ago

Tiananmen Square 2.0: Man protests with banners, calling on loudspeaker to ‘strike the dictator’ Xi Jinping

Firstpost  

The rare public demonstration albeit by an individual comes as a reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests when thousands of students took to the streets of Beijing to rally against the government New Delhi: A man was arrested for displaying banners and shouting slogans against Chinese president Xi Jinping at Sitong Bridge, Haidian District, Beijing on Thursday. The rare …

China quashes social media about protest banners in Beijing
2 years, 2 months ago

China quashes social media about protest banners in Beijing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s internet censors moved quickly …

China’s online “tank” cake snafu raises Tiananmen questions
2 years, 7 months ago

China’s online “tank” cake snafu raises Tiananmen questions

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — An online snafu involving China’s most popular e-commerce livestreamer and a cake decorated to look like a tank has raised questions among some Chinese over the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989. Li Jiaqi, China’s most popular e-commerce livestreamer, is known for hawking everything from lipsticks to frying pans on his online show, …

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban
2 years, 7 months ago

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Heavy police force patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, with vigils overseas the only place marking the event. The Foreign Ministry wrote on Facebook that “when this time of year comes around, there is a …

Police patrol Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to enforce the Tiananmen Square vigil ban
2 years, 7 months ago

Police patrol Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to enforce the Tiananmen Square vigil ban

Firstpost  

The ban is seen as part of a move to snuff out political dissent and a sign that Hong Kong is losing its freedoms as Beijing tightens its grip over the semi-autonomous Chinese city Hong Kong: Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary …

China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary
2 years, 7 months ago

China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary

The Hindu  

There was heightened security around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Saturday, anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown, while police in Hong Kong warned people not to gather as China strives to remove all reminders of the events of June 4. On Twitter, which is blocked in China, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it had been 33 years “since the …

What does the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown mean for China's youth 33 years later?
2 years, 7 months ago

What does the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown mean for China's youth 33 years later?

ABC  

Unlike other Beijing kids, Steven Chen rarely went to Tiananmen Square with his parents when he was little. "Getting to know the Tiananmen movement changed my life, which pushed me to get out of Truman's world and push down the ideological Berlin Wall," he said. Not all of China's younger generation share Mr Chen's desire to know about the erased …

US says China’s Tiananmen crackdown ‘won’t be forgotten’
2 years, 7 months ago

US says China’s Tiananmen crackdown ‘won’t be forgotten’

Al Jazeera  

The United States has said the crackdown on peaceful protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 will “never be forgotten”, and that the struggle for democracy was echoed today in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong. While many are no longer able to speak up themselves, we and many around the world continue to stand up on their …

Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’
2 years, 7 months ago

Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’

Al Jazeera  

For the first time, Hong Kong will not host an official memorial for the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as the city’s national security law takes full effect. “One of our city-wide traditions of hosting the June 4 vigil is now no longer a thing and it’s being erased from the public memory and even erased from …

Renowned Tiananmen massacre monument removed in Hong Kong
3 years ago

Renowned Tiananmen massacre monument removed in Hong Kong

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out one of the city’s last remaining places of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown. ”They are sending a signal to the students that it is over with the democracy …

Hong Kong June 4 vigil organizers to disband amid crackdown
3 years, 3 months ago

Hong Kong June 4 vigil organizers to disband amid crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong group that had organized annual vigils in remembrance of victims of the Chinese military’s crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests voted to disband Saturday amid an ongoing crackdown on independent political activism in the semi-autonomous city. “So whatever the conditions are, we still think that in the coming future, Hong Kong people …

Review: Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest by Vijay Gokhale
3 years, 5 months ago

Review: Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest by Vijay Gokhale

Hindustan Times  

200pp, ₹499; HarperCollins It’s been over a year since the start of the ongoing China-India stand-off in eastern Ladakh that resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and at least four People’s Liberation Army soldiers. By describing the political and geopolitical landscape leading up to the June 4 Tiananmen Square incident, he details the nuances of the party-state system’s decision-making …

He tried to commemorate erased history. China detained him, then erased that too
3 years, 6 months ago

He tried to commemorate erased history. China detained him, then erased that too

LA Times  

He stood in Tiananmen Square, wearing sneakers, track pants and a black T-shirt printed with the date of a massacre. “What they’re doing is to control every Chinese person’s thinking and erase every person’s history,” Dong said. “They want to write history themselves.” Dong Zehua stands before the Monument to the People’s Heroes in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on June 4, …

Hong Kong Bans Annual Tiananmen Vigil, Threatens Arrest for Attendees
55 years ago

Hong Kong Bans Annual Tiananmen Vigil, Threatens Arrest for Attendees

Slate  

Hong Kong authorities deployed thousands of police Friday to enforce a ban in the city on commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China. For the past three decades, thousands of people in Hong Kong would make a yearly pilgrimage on June 4 to the city’s Victoria Park to commemorate the anniversary of the pro-democracy protests organized …

Many in China still under surveillance, amid Communist Party's relentless efforts to erase Tiananmen from public memory
3 years, 7 months ago

Many in China still under surveillance, amid Communist Party's relentless efforts to erase Tiananmen from public memory

Firstpost  

Communist Party leaders have imprisoned or driven activists into exile and largely succeeded in ensuring young people know little about the 4 June, 1989, deadly crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. By Joe McDonald and Dake Kang The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years in prison …

Tiananmen Square: Read an excerpt from Vijay Gokhale's account of violence that unfolded on 4 June 1989
3 years, 7 months ago

Tiananmen Square: Read an excerpt from Vijay Gokhale's account of violence that unfolded on 4 June 1989

Firstpost  

More than three decades later, the Tiananmen Square incident refuses to be forgotten. Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest, is an eye-witness account by Vijay Gokhale, former foreign secretary of India. “The current politics of China cannot be properly grasped without a good understanding of the tumultuous events in Tiananmen Square in the fateful summer of 1989,” says Gokhale. …

Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong set the city apart from China. Those days may be over
3 years, 7 months ago

Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong set the city apart from China. Those days may be over

CNN  

Editor’s note: CNN will be launching the Meanwhile in China newsletter on June 21, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. After Hong Kong became part of China in 1997, the continuation of these events was always seen as a major litmus test for the city’s ongoing autonomy …

Hong Kong police out in force to prevent Tiananmen commemoration
3 years, 7 months ago

Hong Kong police out in force to prevent Tiananmen commemoration

Al Jazeera  

Activists arrested and as many as 7,000 police to be deployed after annual vigil banned for a second year. Thousands of police were deployed in Hong Kong on Friday and the organiser of the territory’s now-banned annual vigil of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown arrested, as the authorities tried to prevent people from gathering for any kind of remembrance of the …

Hundreds show up for Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong despite ban
3 years, 7 months ago

Hundreds show up for Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong despite ban

LA Times  

People walk with candles in Hong Kong on Friday to mark the anniversary of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing. Hundreds of people gathered near a Hong Kong park Friday despite a ban on an annual candlelight vigil remembering China’s deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and despite the arrest of an organizer of previous vigils. A man …

After mainland China, Communist Party's focus now shifts to quashing Tiananmen Square tributes in Hong Kong
3 years, 7 months ago

After mainland China, Communist Party's focus now shifts to quashing Tiananmen Square tributes in Hong Kong

Firstpost  

In Hong Kong, the recent arrests and convictions of prominent activists have had a chilling effect on those who participated in the vigil in the past. Photo credit: AP Photo/Vincent Yu File [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> In this 2014 photo, tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the …

'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen
3 years, 7 months ago

'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Released in 2016, he became among those who still …

Tiananmen crackdown exhibit opens in Hong Kong
3 years, 7 months ago

Tiananmen crackdown exhibit opens in Hong Kong

Al Jazeera  

The organiser of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil has opened its yearly exhibit of photographs and paraphernalia from the bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing on those calling for democracy in China. The opening comes even as Hong Kong authorities have for the second year in a row banned the annual June 4 vigil, which normally draws tens of …

AP PHOTOS: Tiananmen crackdown exhibit opens in Hong Kong
3 years, 7 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Tiananmen crackdown exhibit opens in Hong Kong

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The organizer of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil has opened its yearly exhibit of photographs and paraphernalia from the bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing on those calling for democracy in China. The opening comes even as Hong Kong authorities have for the second year in a row banned the annual June 4 vigil, which normally …

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