Category Archives: June 4th Commemoration

Tiananmen Vigil Draws H.K. Crowds 25 Years After Crackdown

By Clement Tan and Natasha Khan Jun 4, 2014 5:12 PM ET

Hong Kong Tiananmen Anniversary

Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 4, 2014 to mark… Continue reading

An interview with Jeffrey Wasserstrom on June 4th, 1989

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

New York Times: Tiananmen, Forgotten

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

Ex-student leader Zhou Fengsuo slips into China for Tiananmen vigil

By Jamil Anderlini in BeijingAuthor alerts


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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

The 21 most wanted student leaders during #Tiananmen. Where are they now?

 

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Assignment: China – Tiananmen Square

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

China escalates attack on Google

By New York Times | 3 Jun, 2014, 01.51PM ISTPost a Comment
In addition to Google’s search engines being blocked, the company’s products, including Gmail, Calendar and Translate, have been affected.

In addition to Google’s search engines being blocked, the company’s products, including Gmail, Calendar and Translate, have been affected. Continue reading

China’s mandatory Tiananmen amnesia has been incredibly effective

By Lily Kuo @lilkuo June 2, 2014
Covering up the past. Reuters/Ed Nachtrieb

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Chinese government’s violent crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square on June 4, a new veil of online censorship has been lowered onto the country. In addition to the dozens of Continue reading