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China Releases Three Activists After Tiananmen Anniversary

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2014-06-05 


Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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June 4-A Day to Remember/A Day Forgotten

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China’s suppression of the memory of the June 4 massacre of demonstrators in Beijing in 1989 is a perennial and important subject of commentary. Continue reading →

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Cao Shunli：Sanctioning China, Saving Lives

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The death of a Chinese activist should spur Washington to act against Beijing’s abuses.

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A Visit to Hong Kong’s June 4th Museum

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AMY CHUNG06.03.14

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People visit the June 4th Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, on opening day, April 26, 2014. It is the world’s first museum dedicated to the massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. Continue reading →

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Bei Ming: I am the Tank Man /Wang Weilin

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八九六四輓歌第六章：我是王維林

A Dirge of June 4th, 1989, Chapter 6:

 I am the Tank Man /Wang Weilin

北明

Bei Ming

翻譯：馬悅然，賴安智

Translation：Göran Malmqvist,  Anzhi  Lai

 

1989年春夏之交，数名西方记者分别從北京飯店高层摄下了一個震撼世界的場景，多年以後，這一場景仍然震撼西方神經。那是1989年6月4日，清晨始，军队血洗木樨地后，控制了天安门广场， Continue reading →

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Ma Jian: Tiananmen Square 25 years on: ‘Every person in the crowd was a victim of the massacre’

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In June 1989, the novelist Ma Jian was among the million freedom protesters who gathered in Tiananmen Square. The brutal response shocked the world and crushed the Democracy Movement. But, he says, its spirit and aspirations live on
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Hong Kong Remembers Tiananmen Square Protests

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June 01, 2014 2:25 PM

HONG KONG — Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents gathered a few days early to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests on June 4, 1989, crushed with deadly force by Chinese troops. Continue reading →

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Tiananmen 25 Years Later: Leaders Who Were There

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Testimony by Zhou Fengsuo in front of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee 

Hearing on May 30, 2014

Published: June 4th, 2014

 

Dear Mr. Chairman and Members of the committee:

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