Twentieth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

 

Photo Essay: Tiananmen Square Hunger Strikers Appeal for Change in 1989

Jun 4, 2009, 6:00 am

The hunger strikes begun on May 13, 1989, by the students on Tiananmen Square continued and rapidly...

Reconciliation Is Not the Order of the Day

Jun 4, 2009, 6:00 am

Despite the Chinese regime appearing to have modernised don't be fooled, it is still up to its old tricks.

Photo Essay: The Students on Tiananmen Square Gain Momentum

Jun 4, 2009, 5:00 am

This series documents in photographs the struggles of Chinese university students to reform the Chinese regime.

Rudd Uses Tiananmen Anniversary to Call for Human Rights Reforms

Jun 4, 2009, 5:00 am

On the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has encouraged China to improve its human rights record.

Chinese Regime Tries to Defuse Waitress Rape Case

Jun 3, 2009, 5:00 am

The Chinese regime called the killing of a Party official possible involved in asexual assault, "excessive self-defense.”

Beijing Bans Ceremonies Commemorating 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

Jun 3, 2009, 5:00 am

2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Photo Essay: The Beginning of the 1989 Democracy Movement

Jun 3, 2009, 4:00 am

With the death on April 15, 1989 of Hu Yaobang, the former general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party who was beloved as a reformer, students in Beijing and around the country began taking steps to honor his memory. From this impulse grew what would become the democracy movement.

China Must Catch Up!

Jun 3, 2009, 4:00 am

"We were gathered around a small radio, listening ... to reports of the bloody ending of the students’ protests."

Tiananmen Mothers Demand June Fourth Massacre Be Re-Evaluated

Jun 3, 2009, 4:00 am

The Tiananmen Mothers, relatives of victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, demand that the Chinese regime tell the truth.

20 Years on: The Party Has Lost Its Faithful

Jun 3, 2009, 3:00 am

Twenty years ago they stood in Tiananmen Square, singing the songs of the Communist Party they earnestly hoped to reform. These party-loyal activists, students mostly, didn't imagine the tanks would roll in. On June 4, they learned the lesson their parents were afraid to tell them: their great party was a killing machine.

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