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 ...

Shujun Wang worked for a pro-democracy organization while passing information about dissidents to China, prosecutors said. He ...

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.

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.

Up there with Times Square, Red Square and St. Peter's Square, Tiananmen Square is among the world's most famous public spaces. Almost anyone can recognize the Gate of Heavenly Peace emblazoned ...

“The Tiananmen Square demonstrations taught that powerful ... one-party system that allows no notion of dissent and whose leaders are perennially worried about displaying weakness.” ...

Sept. 2014 - The civil disobedience movement known as "Occupy Central" draws hundreds of thousands of protesters who block ...