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.
Hong Kong Demands Probe as Pro-democracy Protest Song Played Instead of Anthem at Korean Rugby 7s
“Glory to Hong Kong” was heard around the stadium in Incheon, during the men’s final between Hong Kong and South Korea, rather than “March of the Volunteers” – the anthem the city shares with China.
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 Unlikely to See Tiananmen Vigil, as Taiwan Plans Major June 4 Event Instead
“The government has used a number of excuses in the past few years to refuse to allow citizens to hold large-scale gatherings,” Avery Ng told RFA. “So I wouldn’t be surprised if any application by other people to hold a June 4 event was turned down this year too.”
Tiananmen Massacre Statue Artist Seeks Lawyer as University of Hong Kong Demands Removal
The eight-metre tall harrowing monument to those killed by the military during the crackdown has stood on the campus for 24 years.
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.
Interview: Hong Kong is ‘A City Lost to an Enemy of the Free World,’ Says Exiled Chinese Dissident Wu’er Kaixi
The move to block the annual Tiananmen commemoration is the latest in a series of steps taken to stifle the city’s pro-democracy movement under a sweeping national security law. The law, imposed by Beijing passed last June, has been invoked to detain 100 people and charge 57 — the majority for subversion for having organised or participated in an unofficial primary poll
China’s Censored History: Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Global Voices The massacre is the most censored event on the Chinese internet It has been 30 years since the rise and fall of the 89 Democracy Movement (八九民运) in China, that culminated with the infamous Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989. On that day, the Chinese military carried out a brutal crackdown on […]
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 […]