2014/06/01 21:06:49
Taipei, June 1 (CNA) A poetry anthology was released Sunday in Taipei to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre, a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in China in 1989. Continue reading
2014/06/01 21:06:49
Taipei, June 1 (CNA) A poetry anthology was released Sunday in Taipei to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre, a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in China in 1989. Continue reading
Poetry anthology released to remember Tiananmen Square massacre已关闭评论
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Tagged June 4th, Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award, Meng Junliang, Tiananmen
By Ellen Ishkanian | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JUNE 06, 2014
“I hoped the kids would read it and think about why this foreigner was writing this,” Henry DeGroot said.
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“I hoped the kids would read it and think about why this foreigner was writing this,” Henry DeGroot said. Continue reading
Newton student penalized for democracy notes in China-Messages are called out of bounds已关闭评论
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JUNE 6, 2014
Chan Tat Ching in his office in Hong Kong. Credit Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
By CHRIS BUCKLEY
HONG KONG — WHEN tens of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong this week to mourn the military carnage against protesters in Beijing 25 years ago, Chan Tat Ching stood among them, holding a candle and bowing to honor the dead. Continue reading
By Fang Zheng, published: June 6, 2014
Wuchang Kidnapping
In Zhanjiang, I boarded a train to Wuchang, Hubei (湖北武昌) where I would transfer to the No. 88 train to Beijing. On the ferry, I met a middle-aged business woman, whose destination was Anyang, Henan, on the same route as me. She offered to Continue reading
By Fang Zheng, published: June 4, 2014
A Disabled Athlete to Represent China, or Maybe Not
With the help of Wu Bei (吴蓓), a teacher at Beijing Steel and Iron College who also witnessed the Liubukou massacre, I settled in Hainan and worked for the real estate company run by Ms. Wu’s husband. After a while, Continue reading
Fang Zheng: The Morning of June 4th and Its Long and Insidious Shadow (2)已关闭评论
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By Fang Zheng, published: June 3, 2014
4:30 AM AT THE MARTYR’S MONUMENT ON JUNE 4TH, 1989. STUDENTS SHOUTED TO SOLDIERS WHO HAD ARRIVED WITH GUNS, Continue reading
Fang Zheng: The Morning of June 4th and Its Long and Insidious Shadow (1)已关闭评论
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Posted 5 June 2014 8:24 GMT
Students in the data journalism class at Northeast Normal University searched Wikileaks for references to the 1989 demonstrations at Tiananmen Square and organized the diplomatic cables into a chronology of Continue reading
China: Chronology of Tiananmen Crackdown Revealed in Wikileaks’ Cables已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Harsh security on the anniversary of the pro-democracy protest suggests deep official concern about any potential unrest. But many Chinese don’t know what happened – and may not care.
By Peter Ford, Staff writer / June 4, 2014
Tiananmen Square in Beijing was under close guard to short-circuit any possibility of demonstrations marking the 25th anniversary of bloody pro-democracy protests there. Continue reading
Tiananmen protests: Could they happen again?已关闭评论
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