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Tiananmen Incident
June 08, 2021
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.”
June 04, 2020
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.
June 04, 2020
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.
April 10, 2020
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.
May 01, 2019
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.
January 04, 2019
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.
December 07, 2018
What President George H.W. Bush Meant for US-China Relations
By Chi Wang
Remembering another aspect of the late president's sizable impact.
June 06, 2018
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.
January 29, 2018
China’s Orphaned Dissidents
By Han "Harry" Chen
Political exiles reckon with a rising China and a lost cause.
July 14, 2017
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
June 05, 2017
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.
June 05, 2017
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.
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