9:10 am HKT May 30, 2014
One of China’s most prolific writers, blogger Han Han will soon put his directorial debut to the big screen.
“Hou Hui Wuqi (Never to Meet Again),” a movie about a cross-country road trip by a group of young people that Mr. Han started working on earlier this year, is expected to hit Chinese theaters on July 24. Continue reading
Chinese Blogger Han Han Takes His Writing to the Big Screen已关闭评论
Posted in Culture
Tagged Han Han, Hou Hui Wuqi
BY AL KAMEN
May 29 at 4:51 pm
BEIJING, CHINA – 1989/06/01: Watched by thousands of protestors, one of the pro-democracy movement leaders talks into a microphone as he gives a press conference in Tiananmen Square. Continue reading
House members urge D.C. to name street for imprisoned Chinese dissident已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Liu Xiaobo, Street
6:42 pm HKT May 30, 2014
A man walked in front of a poster of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in Oslo in 2010. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
You say commemorative, I say provocative.
That was the message Friday that came from China Ministry of Foreign Affairs Continue reading
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
Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on May 22, 2014.
2014
May 20
Taken into temporary custody—Zan Aizong (昝爱宗), writer, Hangzhou, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” (寻衅滋事). Released after a half-day in detention. Continue reading
Restrictions, Detentions, and Disappearances before June 4, 2014已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Gao Yu, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Xu Youyu
