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From April 1989 people from across China gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of the liberal Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang and share their frustrations about the slow pace of ...
The Chinese Communist Party leadership has vowed never to overturn its verdict on the Tiananmen Square crackdown. A party source in Beijing said the reaffirmation of the official assessment of the ...
BEIJING — Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles ... but societal controls have been tightened since party leader Xi Jinping came to power in 2012.
A placard explained its origin: In the spring of 1989, this tent was among the many pitched in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where it sheltered student demonstrators from across the country.
HONG KONG — Hundreds of people gathered near a Hong Kong park Friday despite a ban on an annual candlelight vigil to remember China’s deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square ...
The resolve of pro-democracy Hongkongers faces a test on Friday, as thousands of police officers across the city enforce a ban on the June 4 Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil at Victoria Park.
[AP Photo] China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday ... or silenced many Hong Kong activists. Three leaders of the group that used to organize the vigil were ...
Shujun Wang worked for a pro-democracy organization while passing information about dissidents to China, prosecutors said. He ...