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Tiananmen Incident
![Former Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on the Tiananmen Square Massacre Former Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on the Tiananmen Square Massacre](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-08-4.jpg)
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 Focus Shifts to Hong Kong’s Fate on Tiananmen Anniversary](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-04-4.jpg)
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 In Hong Kong, Remembering Tiananmen Is Now Forbidden](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-03-7.jpg)
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 The 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown Was Not Inevitable](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-10-4.jpg)
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 30 Years After Tiananmen: Hong Kong Remembers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-3596035486_d9b60aafe6_o.jpg)
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 Ahead of Tiananmen Incident Anniversary, China Launches a New Round of Internet Crackdown](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-tiananmen-square-965028_1280.jpg)
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 What President George H.W. Bush Meant for US-China Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_8902250243.jpg)
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 The Legacy of Tiananmen](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_8906040186.jpg)
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 China’s Orphaned Dissidents](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-39_cvrs_1.jpg)
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 Taiwan's President Vows to Help China Achieve Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-菜.jpg)
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 The Meaning of Tiananmen: 28 Years Later](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-03_13-36-20.jpg)
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 Tiananmen Square Anniversary: A War of Memory and Oblivion](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-64.jpg)
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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