How the Tiananmen Massacre Changed China

Zhao Ziyang and others in the Party leadership attempted to work out a peaceful resolution to the protests, but on April 26, Deng Xiaoping publicly denounced the demonstrators as an illegal “riot.” Prior to this, he had also gathered support within the CCP to sideline Zhao and prepare to clear the protesters using force. 

The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’

This year, as the anniversary of June 4 draws near, the prospect of vindicating the 1989 movement seems further out of reach than ever before. Various media reports indicated that the police would deploy 3,000 police officers in Victoria Park, at the East Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade (​​尖東海傍), around the PRC’s Hong Kong Liaison Office, and other key areas on the night of June 4; anyone wearing black clothes, wearing masks, and lighting candles would be treated as being involved in an illegal gathering.

‘Follow the Party and Prosper: Oppose it and Die’

It’s how the current system was set up. The massacre paved the way for countless layers of CCP control, from national government to the urban police, or chengguan, and the auxiliary police, to ordinary people and dissidents governed as “special households,” and for the mantra “Follow the party and prosper: oppose it and die” to be encoded into the minds of all Chinese citizens.

Hong Kong Authorities Warn of 5-Year Prison Term for Attending Tiananmen Massacre Vigil

Last year, thousands of Hongkongers spontaneously lit candles in more than a dozen public spots, including Victoria Park to commemorate the Tiananmen Massacre, despite the police ban.
Last year, thousands of Hongkongers spontaneously lit candles in more than a dozen public spots, including Victoria Park to commemorate the Tiananmen Massacre, despite the police ban.

Tiananmen Square Massacre Victim: The CCP Hasn’t Changed

BOWEN XIAO  |  EPOCH TIMES NEW YORK—”Why was there in order to start killing?” Fang Zheng asked bluntly. His simple query, among a titanic amount of other interrelated questions, has been unanswered for nearly 3 decades. But Zheng—a victim turned activist—whose legs were run over by a tank during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, is still fighting for […]