Tag Archives: June 4th

Ma Jian: Tiananmen Square 25 years on: ‘Every person in the crowd was a victim of the massacre’

In June 1989, the novelist Ma Jian was among the million freedom protesters who gathered in Tiananmen Square. The brutal response shocked the world and crushed the Democracy Movement. But, he says, its spirit and aspirations live on
The Guardian, Sunday 1 June 2014 12.59 EDT Continue reading

Hong Kong Remembers Tiananmen Square Protests

Rebecca Valli

June 01, 2014 2:25 PM

HONG KONG — Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents gathered a few days early to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests on June 4, 1989, crushed with deadly force by Chinese troops. Continue reading

Tiananmen 25 Years Later: Leaders Who Were There

Testimony by Zhou Fengsuo in front of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee 

Hearing on May 30, 2014

Published: June 4th, 2014

 

Dear Mr. Chairman and Members of the committee:

Thank you for inviting me to come to this special event, a time for remembrance and celebration. Continue reading

Teng Biao: Speech during the June 4th Vigil in Victoria Park in Hong Kong

by Yaxue Cao

By Teng Biao, published: June 5, 2014

 


June 4th Vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. 180,000 attended.

In 1989, I was a high school student in a small county in Northeastern China. Two years later, I was admitted into Peking University. Continue reading

Poetry anthology released to remember Tiananmen Square massacre

2014/06/01 21:06:49

Taipei, June 1 (CNA) A poetry anthology was released Sunday in Taipei to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre, a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in China in 1989. Continue reading

Resources on the Tiananmen Square Protests: 25 Years Later

THE EDITORS 05.31.14

This June 4 marks 25 years since the military crackdown on student protestors in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing, following months of demonstrations. This resource page includes links to our recently published pieces and to our archived stories on the Tiananmen Continue reading

A ‘Modern-Day Knight’ Who Helped Fleeing Tiananmen Activists

JUNE 6, 2014

 

Chan Tat Ching in his office in Hong Kong. Credit Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

By CHRIS BUCKLEY

HONG KONG — WHEN tens of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong this week to mourn the military carnage against protesters in Beijing 25 years ago, Chan Tat Ching stood among them, holding a candle and bowing to honor the dead. Continue reading

Fang Zheng: The Morning of June 4th and Its Long and Insidious Shadow (3)

By Fang Zheng, published: June 6, 2014

 

Wuchang Kidnapping

In Zhanjiang, I boarded a train to Wuchang, Hubei (湖北武昌) where I would transfer to the No. 88 train to Beijing. On the ferry, I met a middle-aged business woman, whose destination was Anyang, Henan, on the same route as me. She offered to Continue reading