June 4, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
“On behalf of all Canadians, we join with Chinese citizens and people around the world in commemorating the 25th anniversary of the violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Continue reading
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China’s suppression of the memory of the June 4 massacre of demonstrators in Beijing in 1989 is a perennial and important subject of commentary. Continue reading
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Last updated on June 4, 2014. Total Count: 102 individuals.
2014
June 2
Movement restricted—the following 4 netizens (known by their virtual pen names) were taken from Wuhan and forcibly returned to their hometown of Zhengzhou. Continue reading
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By Juliana Liu
Street performers in Hong Kong
Students are on a mission to ensure everyone knows what happened in 1989 Continue reading
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By Clement Tan and Natasha Khan Jun 4, 2014 5:12 PM ET
Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 4, 2014 to mark… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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