By DAVID BARBOZA JUNE 5, 2014 10:32 PM
The billionaire Chinese financier Xiao Jianhua, the subject of a New York Times profile on Wednesday, said he did not make money through his political connections but by following Warren Buffett’s value investing strategy. Continue reading
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Using a loudspeaker, a student asks soldiers to go back home as crowds flooded into central Beijing on the night of June 3, 1989. Continue reading
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June 4, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
“On behalf of all Canadians, we join with Chinese citizens and people around the world in commemorating the 25th anniversary of the violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Continue reading
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SUSAN JAKES 06.03.14
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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Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online.
Last updated on June 4, 2014. Total Count: 102 individuals.
2014
June 2
Movement restricted—the following 4 netizens (known by their virtual pen names) were taken from Wuhan and forcibly returned to their hometown of Zhengzhou. Continue reading
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By Juliana Liu
Street performers in Hong Kong
Students are on a mission to ensure everyone knows what happened in 1989 Continue reading
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By Clement Tan and Natasha Khan Jun 4, 2014 5:12 PM ET
Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 4, 2014 to mark… Continue reading
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About Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine and editor of the Journal of Asian Studies. He has been writing about the events of June 4th, 1989 Continue reading
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