Chinese Artist Censored by Authorities for Mention of Tiananmen Square Massacre in Award Speech

Chinese Artist Censored by Authorities for Mention of Tiananmen Square Massacre in Award Speech
Pro-democracy activists march to mark the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre, in Hong Kong on June 1, 2014. The protest wound its way from Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, to finish at the Government Offices in Admiralty. Photo by Jessica Hromas/Getty Images
Olivia Li
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Chinese artist Zhang Yue received China’s top art award on May 27 but news reports about the award ceremony and previous reports about Zhang’s accomplishments were deleted from the internet shortly after—because Zhang mentioned the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in his acceptance speech.

The Chinese regime’s brutal suppression of student-led pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square is still a taboo topic inside China.