Tag Archives: June 4th

A Debate Over Tiananmen Finds Echoes in Germany’s Fascist Past

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By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW AUGUST 27, 2014 6:00 PMAugust 27, 2014 6:00 pm

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Army tanks hold positions on an overpass in Beijing on June 6, 1989, Continue reading →

A Debate Over Tiananmen Finds Echoes in Germany’s Fascist Past已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom

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Chang Ping：Without the Right to Remember There Can Be No Freedom to Forget

Posted on 08/25/2014 by | Chang Ping：Without the Right to Remember There Can Be No Freedom to Forget已关闭评论

published: August 23, 2014

(This is Chang Ping’s rebuttal to Frank Sieren’s Let Fairness Replace Anger [link in German], the second round of the Sieren vs. Chang Ping debate in June this year in Deutsche Welle about the June 4th massacre in 1989 Continue reading →

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Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

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Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy

Posted on 08/19/2014 by | Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy已关闭评论

BY SUI-LEE WEE

BEIJING Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:31pm BST

Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in BeijingChinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in Beijing in this July 20, 2012 picture.
CREDIT: REUTERS/PETAR KUJUNDZIC

(Reuters) – Chinese police have Continue reading →

Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Keep Your Mouth Shut and Meet No Reporters”: PEN and Chinese Authority

Posted on 08/18/2014 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Keep Your Mouth Shut and Meet No Reporters”: PEN and Chinese Authority已关闭评论

June 5, 2013

It’s impossible for the Independent Chinese PEN Center to meet in China, but they still hold an annual conference and award ceremony in Hong Kong.

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Keep Your Mouth Shut and Meet No Reporters”: PEN and Chinese Authority已关闭评论

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China TV series on Deng stirs questions on political openness

Posted on 08/13/2014 by | China TV series on Deng stirs questions on political openness已关闭评论

BY MICHAEL MARTINA

BEIJING Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:49am EDT

A man looks out from a window next to a portrait of late Chinese leader Deng in a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen

A man looks out from a window next to a portrait of late Chinese leader Continue reading →

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Posted in History, June 4th Commemoration

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UNIDENTIFIED MEN ATTACK DISSIDENT BLOGGER NEAR HIS PARKED CAR

Posted on 07/22/2014 by | UNIDENTIFIED MEN ATTACK DISSIDENT BLOGGER NEAR HIS PARKED CAR已关闭评论

PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 18 JULY 2014.
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Hu Jia links the attack to the recently launched “Return to Tiananmen Square” campaign

Unidentified men attacked dissident blogger and human rights activist Hu Jia as he was returning to his Beijing home on 16 July. The target of permanent police surveillance, Continue reading →

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Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

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Book Editor Says His Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering

Posted on 07/16/2014 by | Book Editor Says His Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering已关闭评论

By ANDREW JACOBS JULY 16, 2014 2:26 AMJuly 16, 2014 11:09 am 

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Li Xuewen.
Li Xuewen.Credit Courtesy of Li Xuewen

Li Xuewen, an essayist and playwright in Beijing, has been fired from his job as a book editor Continue reading →

Book Editor Says His Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering已关闭评论

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Lawyer Charged After Trying to Defend June 4 Commemorators

Posted on 07/09/2014 by | Lawyer Charged After Trying to Defend June 4 Commemorators已关闭评论

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW JULY 7, 2014 4:23 AMJuly 7, 2014 11:45 pm

A meeting on May 3 in Beijing to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement led to the detentions of several participants and criminal charges against a prominent lawyer, Continue reading →

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