June 4 Memorial Service
May 30, 2015
Dear friends from the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the US (IFCSS), who have come here to attend the Memorial Service in commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the June 4 massacre in Beijing,
On behalf of the current working team of TianAnMen Mothers Continue reading
Speech of Ms. You Weijie, a Member of the TianAnMen Mothers, at IFCSS 2015已关闭评论
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2015-06-04
Hong Kong Federation of Social Work Students oommemorates the massacre at Tiananmen Square, June 4, 2015.
From the group’s Facebook
Tens of thousands of people gathered in parks and public spaces in Hong Kong on Thursday to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the military crackdown on the 1989 democracy Continue reading
Hong Kong Marks June 4 Massacre Anniversary Amid Discord Over Its Own Future已关闭评论
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Revealed for the first time this year, this photo is from a personal collection. https://twitter.com/ZhouFengSuo/status/602473738148257794
“What we need to grasp is that the existence of a political system that is so perverse in its reason, and so unfair and unjust to its subjects, is an open taunt to the conscience and sense of justice of humanity. The international rise of that system, too, is perforce a threat to freedom and world peace.”
2015-06-01
Pro-democracy demonstrators march to Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, May 31, 2015.
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Many of the hundreds of thousands of people who thronged the streets at the height of Hong Kong’s 79-day Umbrella Movement for universal suffrage Continue reading
For Now, Hong Kong Remains a Focus For Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary已关闭评论
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May 28, 2015
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On a recent walk along a street in the southern Chinese city of Sanya, I heard a shop pumping out a rock version of the famous Communist Party anthem “Socialism Is Good.” Continue reading
MURONG XUECUN: Corrupting the Chinese Language已关闭评论
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BEIJING, CHINA – 1989/06/01: The “Goddess of Democracy” stands tall amid a huge crowd of flag waving pro-democracy demonstrators in front of the Mao Tse Tung portrait in Tiananmen Square. Art students made the polystyrene and plaster statue in the style of the Statue of Liberty to represent their desire for a more democratic rule in Communist China. Once erected in Tiananmen Square this proved to be the last act of defiance by protestors as a few days later government troops brutally suppressed the democratic movement.. (Photo by Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Group of students at universities in UK, US and Australia issue letter urging China’s government to stop ‘covering up’ truth of 1989 protests
Pro-democracy protesters wave flags in front of the Goddess of Democracy statue in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. Photograph: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images
Emma Graham-Harrison in Beijing
Tuesday 26 May 2015 11.17 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 26 May 2015 19.01 EDT
A group of Chinese students living in western countries have Continue reading
Chinese students in the west call for transparency over Tiananmen Square已关闭评论
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By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW June 01, 2015
The Chinese police have detained Wu Gan, a burly rights activist with a signature bald head and black beard, who supporters say skillfully merges cyberspace and real-life protests but whom authorities have painted in a barrage of articles and reports on state-run television as a morally degenerate troublemaker from a bad family.
The ferocity of attacks in news reports from People’s Daily, Continue reading
Police Detain Wu Gan, Chinese Activist Known as ‘Super Vulgar Butcher’已关闭评论
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