Yet more detentions have been added to the dozens already carried out ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown next week. From AP:
Wang Aizhong, a founder of the Southern Street Movement, which calls for an end to one-party rule, Continue reading
Detentions Continue as Tiananmen Anniversary Nears已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Wang Aizhong
By Tom Mitchell
Now an artist creating work out of minced pork and litter, the former soldier and Tiananmen Square protester recalls the horrors of that night in Beijing 25 years ago. By Tom Mitchell
Luke Waller’s illustration of Luke Waller©Luke Waller Continue reading
Lunch with the FT: Guo Jian已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
By AP News May 30, 2014 1:24PM UTC
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained another activist as they try to suppress commemorations of next week’s 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. Continue reading
China detains another activist before Tiananmen anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Wang Aizhong
Pre-June 4, Beijing security forces hold another shock-and-awe riot quelling spectacle已关闭评论
Posted in June 4th Commemoration
11:12 am HKT May 30, 2014
A “Statue of Liberty” replica is erected in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
June 4 marks the 25th anniversary of the violent suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square — an event that shocked TV audiences Continue reading
By Alan Chin MAY 29, 2014
On Changan Avenue, a small crowd confronts the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Tiananmen Square after the army stormed the square and the surrounding area the night before. This is near the location a day later where “Tank Man” Continue reading
As our bureau chief leaves China, he reflects on the crushing of the protests he witnessed 25 years ago, and what has transpired since
May 31st 2014 | BEIJING |
EVEN after the Chinese army moved into Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3rd 1989, and cleared it of the detritus left by the students who had occupied it for most of the previous seven weeks, it was several days before Continue reading
Remembering Tiananmen:The lessons of history已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
With the 25th anniversary of the 1989 June 4th crackdown now only a week away, The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs provides an overview of the tight controls enacted in an effort to shroud the date in silence.
Tiananmen Anniversary Prompts Campaign of Silence已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
