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Tiananmen Massacre

After the Tiananmen Square Massacre: A Reflection on America’s China Policy
By Baosheng Guo
After June 4, 1989, the U.S. government downgraded concerns over China’s human rights record to pursue realist interests. That Trump is doing the same today should be no surprise.

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.”

Post-National Security Law, Hong Kong Struggles to Remember Tiananmen
By Jessie Lau
For the second year in a row, the customary June 4 vigil has been banned by authorities.

Beijing After Tiananmen, Part 2: Life Under Martial Law
By Bonnie Girard
Curfews, army checkpoints, and most of all pervasive fear marked life in Beijing after June 4, 1989.

Tiananmen 1989: Lessons for Today
By Christopher Bodeen and Johnson Lai
Tiananmen veterans look back on the movement’s relevance in 21st century China.

Beijing After Tiananmen: Part 1
By Bonnie Girard
The massacre of protesters on June 4, 1989 was not the end of Beijing’s summer of terror.

From Tiananmen to Today: The State of Chinese Activism
By Emile Dirks
30 years after Tiananmen, activism in China continues, though by necessity it has taken different forms.
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