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Hu Ping: How the Tiananmen Massacre Changed China, and the World

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Translated by Matthew Robertson, June 2, 2015

“What we need to grasp is that the existence of a political system that is so perverse in its reason, and so unfair and unjust to its subjects, is an open taunt to the conscience and sense of justice of humanity. The international rise of that system, too, is perforce a threat to freedom and world peace.”

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Twenty-six years ago in China, Continue reading →

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Chinese Police Hold Outspoken Activists in Beijing, Guangzhou

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Guangzhou-based activist Liu Shaoming in an undated photo.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital have detained an outspoken rights activist who publicly voiced support for last year’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, his wife said on Tuesday.

Zhai Yanmin is currently being held in a Continue reading →

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China Holds Activist Who Posted Umbrella Selfie on Tiananmen Square on June 4

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2015-06-09

image (12)Du Yanlin photographs himself with an umbrella on Tiananmen Square, June 4, 2015.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding an activist on public order charges after he raised a black umbrella on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on the student-led democracy movement, activists said.

Du Yanlin, 52, who has worked for outspoken artist Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s Young People Feel Less Invested in Fight for Democracy on Mainland

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Tens of thousands gathered at the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, on Thursday to mark the 26th anniversary of the military crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Credit Tyrone Siu/Reuters

HONG KONG — For the first time in years, Hui King-to chose not to take part in the candlelight vigil in Victoria Park here commemorating those who died during Continue reading →

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Chinese Students in US Urge Justice for Tiananmen Massacre

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83C45454-24AE-468B-B3CB-4DEE08537734_w640_r1_sFILE – Portraits of victims of the June 4, 1989 bloodshed are displayed at the June 4 Memorial Museum run by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

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Last updated on: June 04, 2015 8:47 AM

WASHINGTON—A group of Chinese college students studying overseas is distributing an open letter calling for Communist Party leaders to be held accountable for the atrocities committed 26 years ago Thursday, when Chinese forces violently dispersed pro-democracy Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Vigil Held on Tiananmen Anniversary

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3321BC09-EAF9-4ADE-8695-EBFB39035407_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy2_cw0To mark Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, thousands of people attend an annual candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, June 4, 2015.

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HONG KONG—In Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, people each year gather for an annual candlelight vigil to remember the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters Continue reading →

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Speech of Ms. You Weijie, a Member of the TianAnMen Mothers, at IFCSS 2015

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June 4 Memorial Service

May 30, 2015

Dear friends from the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the US (IFCSS), who have come here to attend the Memorial Service in commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the June 4 massacre in Beijing,

On behalf of the current working team of TianAnMen Mothers Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Marks June 4 Massacre Anniversary Amid Discord Over Its Own Future

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2015-06-04

image (18)Hong Kong Federation of Social Work Students oommemorates the massacre at Tiananmen Square, June 4, 2015.
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in parks and public spaces in Hong Kong on Thursday to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the military crackdown on the 1989 democracy Continue reading →

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