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36th anniversary of crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong

World Jun 04

Tiananmen Square anniversary shows China’s ability to suppress history

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

World Oct 01

Around 1,000 students sing patriotic songs at an event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of China's National Day in Hong Kong
As economic challenges and security threats linger, China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule

China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state.

By Adam Kemp

World Jun 04

A person attends the commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Sq...
WATCH: House Speaker Jeffries and Pelosi mark 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown

China has long quashed any public memory of the military crackdown on months-long protests at the heart of its capital. Hundreds, if not thousands, are believed to have been killed in an overnight operation that ended on June 4, 1989.

By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press

World Jun 04

35th anniversary of 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong
China and Hong Kong dominated by heavy security on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

Tiananmen memorials have also been scrubbed out in Hong Kong — for years the only place in China where they could take place.

By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press

World Jun 03

Demonstrators hold banners outside the parliament, marking the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beiji...
After Hong Kong crackdown, overseas tributes help keep Tiananmen memories alive

In Hong Kong, once a beacon of commemorative freedom, the massive June 4 annual vigil that mourned the victims for decades has vanished, a casualty of the city’s clampdown on dissidents following huge anti-government protests in 2019.

By Kanis Leung, Tian Mcleod Ji, Associated Press

Jun 04

Police detain dozens in Hong Kong on 34th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre

By Associated Press

China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country.

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Jun 04

Tiananmen Square memorial exhibit opens in New York City as China curbs reminders

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

Blood-soaked banners, newspaper clippings, letters and a tent used by student protesters during their seven-week demonstration at Tiananmen Square are now the centerpiece of the “June 4 Memorial Exhibit,” housed on the fourth floor of a New York City office…

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Mar 04

Hong Kong court convicts activists who organized Tiananmen vigils

By Kanis Leung, Associated Press

Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law.

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Jun 04

Police crackdown on Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong

By Zen Soo, Associated Press

Heavy police force has patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly…

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Jun 04

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Tiananmen Square massacre casts a long shadow over modern Chinese politics

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

Friday marked the 32nd anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, where hundreds and perhaps thousands of people were killed by the Chinese government amid a Democratic protest movement. But many Chinese know nothing of what happened that day. Nick…

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