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Tim Walz was off 2 months about where he was 35 years ago: CNN investigation
3 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz was off 2 months about where he was 35 years ago: CNN investigation

Raw Story  

Tim Walz may not have been in China during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests as he has previously claimed, according to an investigative report from the CNN team that linked Lt. Gov. "An issue of the Alliance Times-Herald dated May 16, 1989, features a photo of Walz touring a Nebraska National Guard storeroom," CNN reported. "A separate newspaper article about …

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Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, dies at age 91
1 year, 6 months ago

Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, dies at age 91

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was forced out after the protests were crushed, has died, according to Chinese news reports. After his release from prison, Yan was appointed to increasingly prominent party posts including secretary of the secretariat of the …

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Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail

Al Jazeera  

The three organisers of a yearly vigil to mark China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to four and a half months in jail. Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre have been sentenced to four and a half months in jail for not complying with a …

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China protests explode 'harmonious society myth': Tiananmen leader Wang Dan
2 years, 1 month ago

China protests explode 'harmonious society myth': Tiananmen leader Wang Dan

Firstpost  

Wang Dan, who was jailed and then exiled after the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement was crushed, told reporters in Japan that the string of protests also proved that younger Chinese are not politically apathetic Tokyo: Demonstrations in China sparked by tough anti-Covid policies explode the “myth” of a “harmonious society” and reveal deep discontent with Beijing’s rulers, a leader of …

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Mikhail Gorbachev visited China in 1989 and found a revolution looming. What he saw changed history
2 years, 4 months ago

Mikhail Gorbachev visited China in 1989 and found a revolution looming. What he saw changed history

ABC  

Deng Xiaoping thought Mikhail Gorbachev was an idiot. Gorbachev was swept up in the forces that drove the collapse of the Soviet Union, Deng made sure the Chinese Communist Party would survive. As Deng and Gorbachev met, the LA Times reported: "The talks Monday and today have been largely overshadowed by continuing student protests in Tian An Men Square outside …

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Pelosi to Taiwan would be career capstone, despite warnings
55 years ago

Pelosi to Taiwan would be career capstone, despite warnings

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched her political career being tough on China -- a new congresswoman who dared to unfurl a pro-democracy banner in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square during a 1991 visit with other U.S. lawmakers shortly after the student massacre. “Thirty years later, she’s still connected.” Pelosi declined to disclose Wednesday any update on her plans for Taiwan, …

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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 …

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‘Crime against democracy’: Danish creator of the Tiananmen statue
3 years ago

‘Crime against democracy’: Danish creator of the Tiananmen statue

Al Jazeera  

Artist Jens Galschiot tells Al Jazeera the removal of the iconic Pillar of Shame is intended to ‘oppress’ Hong Kong residents. To many Hong Kongers, the statue’s removal was a callous and ironic blow and justified with strange excuses amid a continuing crackdown on Hong Kong’s own democracy movement. Now, it’s a monument about what happened in Hong Kong.” The …

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Hong Kong democracy activists found guilty over Tiananmen vigil
3 years, 1 month ago

Hong Kong democracy activists found guilty over Tiananmen vigil

Al Jazeera  

Three, including tycoon Jimmy Lai, convicted over their part in last year’s vigil commemorating those killed in 1989. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and activist Chow Hang-tung, were convicted of inciting others to take part in the city’s annual Tiananmen vigil on June 4, 2020, while Gwyneth Ho was convicted of taking part in an “unauthorised” assembly. “The Hong Kong government …

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Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil group disbands after police probe
3 years, 3 months ago

Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil group disbands after police probe

Al Jazeera  

Democracy group is the latest of dozens of civil society bodies to fold over the past year under government pressure. A Hong Kong group that organises an annual vigil on June 4 to remember protesters killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown says it is disbanding after facing “national security” charges. Authorities froze 2.2 million Hong Kong dollars of the …

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Activists move to preserve historical records of Tiananmen amid China’s pro-democracy crackdown in HK
3 years, 3 months ago

Activists move to preserve historical records of Tiananmen amid China’s pro-democracy crackdown in HK

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. On Wednesday, a court in Hong Kong handed nine …

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Era of China Being Bullied Gone Forever, Says Xi Jinping at 100th Birthday of Communist Party
3 years, 6 months ago

Era of China Being Bullied Gone Forever, Says Xi Jinping at 100th Birthday of Communist Party

News 18  

President Xi Jinping hailed China’s “irreversible” course from humiliated colony to great power at the centenary celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday, in a speech reaching deep into history to remind patriots at home and rivals abroad of his nation’s — and his own — ascendancy. Speaking above the giant portrait of Mao Zedong, which dominates Tiananmen Square, …

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How Australia's political leaders are keeping public in the dark about Chinese warships in Sydney
5 years, 2 months ago

How Australia's political leaders are keeping public in the dark about Chinese warships in Sydney

Daily Mail  

When three high-tech Chinese warships sailed into Sydney Harbour on what appeared to be an unannounced visit, suspicions were raised. Instead, Labor's foreign affairs frontbencher Penny Wong spent half an hour on Thursday pursuing Foreign Minister Marise Payne and her department secretary Frances Adamson about the 2016 US presidential election. The Labor Opposition failed to ask one question about the …

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Charlie Cole, photographer behind iconic Tiananmen Square image, passes away at 64 in Indonesia's Bali
5 years, 3 months ago

Charlie Cole, photographer behind iconic Tiananmen Square image, passes away at 64 in Indonesia's Bali

Firstpost  

Charlie Cole won the 1990 World Press Photo award for his picture of a man in a white shirt, carrying a shopping bag in each hand, striding out into the road the day after troops killed hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in the heart of Beijing Jakarta: The photographer who snapped the defining image of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown — a …

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Chinese artist calls out Twitter for rejecting his #Tiananmen30 tank man emoji
5 years, 7 months ago

Chinese artist calls out Twitter for rejecting his #Tiananmen30 tank man emoji

Firstpost  

Badiucao said the firm did not create a special emoji for the anniversary to avoid the wrath of Chinese authorities. The 33-year-old Badiucao said he reached out to Twitter ahead of the anniversary and offered to create a special tank man emoji that would appear next to the hashtag #Tiananmen30. The statue of "Tank Man" was unveiled by @SpeakerPelosi and …

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Massive crowds at Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil on 30th anniversary
5 years, 7 months ago

Massive crowds at Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil on 30th anniversary

Al Jazeera  

Organisers said 180,000 were in Victoria Park to commemorate the 1989 crackdown, as territory faces pressure from China. As tens of thousands thronged Hong Kong for the annual vigil, censors at Chinese internet companies said tools to detect and block content related to the 1989 crackdown had reached unprecedented levels of accuracy. In the former British colony of Hong Kong, …

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China rises but 30 years after Tiananmen, crackdown remains taboo
5 years, 7 months ago

China rises but 30 years after Tiananmen, crackdown remains taboo

Al Jazeera  

Beijing has not apologised or revealed death toll, but calls for accountability increase as its global profile grows. In rare comments made on Sunday, China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said the protests were “political turmoil that the central government needed to quell, which was the correct policy”. He told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore: “Due to this, China has enjoyed …

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‘Tank man’ photographer urges China to open up on Tiananmen
5 years, 7 months ago

‘Tank man’ photographer urges China to open up on Tiananmen

Associated Press  

ALHAMBRA, Calif. — The American photographer who shot the iconic image of a man standing in front of tanks at the 1989 Tiananmen protests says it’s time for the Chinese government to come clean about the bloody events of 30 years ago. Jeff Widener was an Associated Press photo editor based in Bangkok when he was called in to help …

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Tiananmen protests were not ‘suppressed,’ Chinese government says
5 years, 7 months ago

Tiananmen protests were not ‘suppressed,’ Chinese government says

CNN  

Beijing CNN — The massacre of unarmed citizens by soldiers in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, should not be referred to as “suppression,” a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman told reporters Thursday. Next Tuesday, June 4, marks 30 years since Chinese troops ended several weeks of protests by firing at civilians, killing hundreds if not thousands of people. “Over the past …

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Repression in China at worst level since Tiananmen Square, HRW warns
5 years, 11 months ago

Repression in China at worst level since Tiananmen Square, HRW warns

The Independent  

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