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Tiananmen Square protests
![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.
![Damnatio Memoriae in China: Zhao Ziyang Is Laid to Rest Damnatio Memoriae in China: Zhao Ziyang Is Laid to Rest](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-zhao.jpg)
Damnatio Memoriae in China: Zhao Ziyang Is Laid to Rest
By Bonnie Girard
Zhao was written out of Chinese history for showing sympathy to the Tiananmen protesters. The indignity continued even after his death.
![In Taiwan, the Tiananmen Tragedy Has a Special Resonance In Taiwan, the Tiananmen Tragedy Has a Special Resonance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19155486808915.jpg)
In Taiwan, the Tiananmen Tragedy Has a Special Resonance
By John Liu
For Taiwan, June 4, 1989 recalls both their own oppressed past and the resistance against China’s ongoing oppression.
![Tiananmen 1989: Lessons for Today Tiananmen 1989: Lessons for Today](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_8905170240.jpg)
Tiananmen 1989: Lessons for Today
By Christopher Bodeen and Johnson Lai
Tiananmen veterans look back on the movement’s relevance in 21st century China.
![From Tiananmen to Today: The State of Chinese Activism From Tiananmen to Today: The State of Chinese Activism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_8905240266.jpg)
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.
![The Cold Reality of Tiananmen at 30 The Cold Reality of Tiananmen at 30](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-3205366669_c1f1143907_b.jpg)
The Cold Reality of Tiananmen at 30
By Christopher K. Colley
The world may care about the anniversary on June 4, but the Chinese public has moved on.
![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.
![Why China's Political Reforms Failed Why China's Political Reforms Failed](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-04_12-55-13.jpg)
Why China's Political Reforms Failed
By Wu Wei
June 4,1989 ended China's political reform movement, but the stage was set for the reformers' downfall long before.
![Remembering Hu Yaobang, China's Reformer Remembering Hu Yaobang, China's Reformer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-18_14-25-52.jpg)
Remembering Hu Yaobang, China's Reformer
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus, analysis of China's urbanization plan and Captain America in China. Friday China links.
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