By HELEN GAOJUNE 3, 2014
Credit Michela Buttignol
BEIJING — I don’t remember the first time I heard the term liu si — June 4 — which is how the Tiananmen protests, the widespread demonstrations in 1989 that ended in bloodshed, are referred to in China. Continue reading
New York Times: Tiananmen, Forgotten已关闭评论
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By Jamil Anderlini in BeijingAuthor alerts
Zhou Fengsuo©Zhou Fengsuo
The Chinese Communist party’s efforts to erase all trace of the Tiananmen Square massacre have proved a little too successful, allowing a former student leader to slip into the country to commemorate the 25th anniversary this week. Continue reading
Ex-student leader Zhou Fengsuo slips into China for Tiananmen vigil已关闭评论
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The 21 most wanted student leaders during #Tiananmen. Where are they now?已关闭评论
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Published on May 31, 2014
This segment in the Assignment:China series focuses on the coverage by American news organizations of the dramatic events in Beijing in 1989. Students marched in cities all over China, but it was the demonstrations in China’s symbolic center, Continue reading
Assignment: China – Tiananmen Square已关闭评论
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قُتل أو جُرح المئات، إن لم يكن الآلاف، ليلتي 3 و4 يونيو 1989 مع اقتحام الدبابات ميدان تيانانمن قُتل أو جُرح المئات، إن لم يكن الآلاف، ليلتي 3 و4 يونيو 1989 مع اقتحام الدبابات ميدان تيانانمن © Hong Kong Alliance
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When you have rows and rows of tanks moving together, the ground shakes. I saw people with bloody shirts; people being carried on rooftops to safety so they could go to hospital. It was not safe on the road with stray bullets flying everywhere.
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Tiananmen’s ‘Most Wanted’: Four inspiring activists remember the crackdown – Part One已关闭评论
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Ian Johnson
Hu Jia
Hu Jia is one of China’s best-known political activists. He participated in the 1989 Tiananmen protests as a fifteen-year-old, studied economics, and then worked for environmental and public health non-governmental organizations. Continue reading
‘You Won’t Get Near Tiananmen!’: Hu Jia on the Continuing Crackdown已关闭评论
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By AP News Jun 02, 2014 2:03PM UTC
Thousands of Hong Kong people march on a downtown street in Hong Kong Sunday. Pic: AP. Continue reading
Hong Kong holds march to remember Tiananmen已关闭评论
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By Wilfred Chan, CNN
updated 2:09 AM EDT, Mon June 2, 2014
Protesters marched to Hong Kong’s government headquarters to demand democracy in Hong Kong and China. Protesters marched to Hong Kong’s government headquarters to demand democracy in Hong Kong and China. Continue reading
Hong Kong protesters march ahead of Tiananmen anniversary已关闭评论
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