Category Archives: June 4th Commemoration

China Deletes Editorial Hitting Back at Students’ Tiananmen Letter

2015-05-27
image (67)Students gather at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 22, 1989.
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The ruling Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department has ordered the country’s tightly controlled online media to delete an editorial hitting back at a recent open letter from overseas Continue reading

Liao Yiwu : Tamer of Beasts, Tamer of Despots

By Liao Yiwu, translated by Cindy Carter, published: May 24, 2015

My friend Chen Yunfei (陈云飞) has never been of a serious disposition; his mode of dress is, if anything, even less serious. One year on June 4th, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, he was clad from the waist up in a suit and tie, and from the waist down in a pair of short trousers that made it look from afar as if he weren’t wearing any trousers at all. On that anniversary, he climbed into a blood donation truck parked in Continue reading

Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer Dismisses ‘Ethnic Hatred,’ ‘Picking Quarrels’ Charges

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Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang dismissed charges of “incitement to racial hatred,” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” Continue reading

Tensions Mount in Hong Kong Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

9E27C609-8883-4DCD-8C2F-6DC6434E967E_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy8_cw0FILE – Chinese men walk on Tiananmen Square, March 5, 2015.
Shannon Van Sant

May 20, 2015 8:42 AM

HONG KONG—June 4 will mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, and as in years past, Hong Kong residents will mark the date with massive Continue reading

China Releases Rights Lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang’s Niece, ‘On Bail’

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Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD

Authorities in the Chinese capital have released Qu Zhenhong, niece and former defense attorney of jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, Continue reading

Chinese Rights Lawyer Detained in 2014 Will Stand Trial

 

By CHRIS BUCKLEY  MAY 15, 2015

16China-web-master180Pu Zhiqiang in 2012. Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press
HONG KONG — One of China’s best-known human rights lawyers, Pu Zhiqiang, will stand trial in Beijing on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and picking quarrels, prosecutors said on Friday. Continue reading

China Indicts Top Rights Lawyer on Ethnic Hatred Charge

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Pu Zhiqiang (C), the lawyer for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, talks to the media at the artist’s studio in Beijing, Nov. 14, 2011.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital on Friday indicted a prominent rights lawyer for Continue reading

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre Museum Under Pressure: Activists

2015-05-11

6d511801-eda3-47d8-9923-d7f917639cfeHong Kong citizens attend a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown on June 4, 2014.
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Hong Kong activists running a museum dedicated to the 1989 student-led protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square Continue reading