Tiananmen Incident

Former Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on the Tiananmen Square Massacre

By Abhijnan Rej

“For a brief moment in time there was a spirit of openness and questioning, and I saw a side of the Chinese people that I have had no occasion to see again.”

Focus Shifts to Hong Kong’s Fate on Tiananmen Anniversary

By Associated Press

In a sign of Hong Kong’s shrinking freedoms, the annual Tiananmen vigil was not authorized for the first time in 30 years.

In Hong Kong, Remembering Tiananmen Is Now Forbidden

By Thor Halvorssen

Xi Jinping is hoping that the world will forget the Tiananmen Massacre just in time to stifle a new generation agitating for democratic reform.

The 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown Was Not Inevitable

By David Skidmore

In retrospect, the end of China's 1989 protest movement seems preordained. It was anything but.

30 Years After Tiananmen: Hong Kong Remembers

By Benny Tai

An organizer of the 2014 Occupy Central protest explains how Hong Kong keeps the spirit of Chinese democracy alive.

Ahead of Tiananmen Incident Anniversary, China Launches a New Round of Internet Crackdown

By Charlotte Gao

The operation will last for six months -- until the 30th anniversary of the June Fourth Incident has passed.

What President George H.W. Bush Meant for US-China Relations

By Chi Wang

Remembering another aspect of the late president's sizable impact.

The Legacy of Tiananmen

By Bonnie Girard

China's leaders made some cold-blooded calculations before sending in the tanks. Their choices still echo today.

China’s Orphaned Dissidents

By Han "Harry" Chen

Political exiles reckon with a rising China and a lost cause.

Taiwan's President Vows to Help China Achieve Democracy

By Charlotte Gao

Tsai Ing-wen expresses condolences for the death of Liu Xiaobo and encourages Chinese people to pursue democracy

The Meaning of Tiananmen: 28 Years Later

By Kerry Brown

Revisiting the official verdict on the morning of June 4, 1989 would be dangerous for China's Communist Party.

Tiananmen Square Anniversary: A War of Memory and Oblivion

By DD Wu

While some people tried to commemorate June 4, the Chinese authorities updated censorship techniques.

Remembering the Ghulja Incident: 20th Anniversary of ‘Uyghur Tiananmen’ Passes With Little Notice

By Peter Irwin

20 years on, the Ghulja Incident has largely disappeared from public imagination.

US Accuses Chinese Hackers in Latest Data Breach

By Shannon Tiezzi

Did China hack the OPM? Plus, more on the Yangtze River sinking, Hong Kong, and the Tiananmen anniversary. China links.

Hong Kong’s Identity Crisis

By Ying Pei

With the recent protests, Hong Kong seeks to chart its own course under the "one country, two systems" policy.

How to Avoid Repeating the Tragedy of Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong

By Chen Dingding and Wang Jianwei

The Chinese government will not repeat the tragedy of 1989 in Hong Kong in 2014.

Beijing Bites Back at Wu'er Kaixi

Beijing’s refusal to allow Wu’er Kaixi back into China shows the government still has little patience for dissidents.

Signs of a New Tiananmen in China

Pervasive corruption, lawlessness among the ruling elites, and a sense of a loss of direction permeating all levels of Chinese society. The conditions for another Tiananmen may be there.