Tag Archives: June 4th

The Tiananmen Square Museum That’s Shocking China’s Tourists

Posted on 05/31/2014 by | 32 comments

 


Twenty-five years after the massacre, the Chinese government wants people to forget it ever happened. But one little museum keeps the truth alive. Continue reading →

32 Comments

Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

Tagged , ,

‘Staying’—An Excerpt from ‘People’s Republic of Amnesia’

Posted on 05/31/2014 by | ‘Staying’—An Excerpt from ‘People’s Republic of Amnesia’已关闭评论

Tiananmen Revisited
LOUISA LIM05.28.14
Zhang Ming has become used to his appearance startling small children. Skeletally thin, with cheeks sunk deep into his face, he walked gingerly across the cream-colored hotel lobby as if his limbs were made of glass. Continue reading →

‘Staying’—An Excerpt from ‘People’s Republic of Amnesia’已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

Tagged , ,

25 YEARS ON, NO FADING OF TIANANMEN WOUNDS, IDEALS

Posted on 05/31/2014 by | 25 YEARS ON, NO FADING OF TIANANMEN WOUNDS, IDEALS已关闭评论

By LOUISE WATT and ISOLDA MORILLO

— May. 30, 2014 3:26 AM EDT

Tiananmen leader denied in bid to return to China
China: US must be objective about Asia tensions

Wu’er Kaixi Continue reading →

25 YEARS ON, NO FADING OF TIANANMEN WOUNDS, IDEALS已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

Tagged , ,

Survivor recounts China’s Tiananmen Square ‘cover-up’

Posted on 05/31/2014 by | 33 comments

Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 7:48 p.m. EDT May 30, 2014


(Photo: Oren Dorell, USA TODAY)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Adam Chen’s life changed in Beijing on June 4, 1989, when he saw friends shot to death in what became known as the Tiananmen Square massacre. Thousands of people died that day, Continue reading →

33 Comments

Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

Tagged ,

Detentions Continue as Tiananmen Anniversary Nears

Posted on 05/31/2014 by | Detentions Continue as Tiananmen Anniversary Nears已关闭评论

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 , ,

Lunch with the FT: Guo Jian

Posted on 05/31/2014 by | Lunch with the FT: Guo Jian已关闭评论

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

Tagged ,

China detains another activist before Tiananmen anniversary

Posted on 05/30/2014 by | China detains another activist before Tiananmen anniversary已关闭评论

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 , ,

Pre-June 4, Beijing security forces hold another shock-and-awe riot quelling spectacle

Posted on 05/30/2014 by | Pre-June 4, Beijing security forces hold another shock-and-awe riot quelling spectacle已关闭评论

 

Continue reading →

Pre-June 4, Beijing security forces hold another shock-and-awe riot quelling spectacle已关闭评论

Posted in June 4th Commemoration

Tagged ,