Tiananmen Square

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• 2/26/2023
  

  Suppression of Public Commemoration is an Early Warning of Authoritarian Abuse of History

  by Ruben Zeeman

  While several laws pertaining to historical memory have been passed under nationalist regimes in Europe, other authoritarian societies actively use other laws as an excuse to suppress inconvenient historic commemorations, reflecting a broad and growing pattern of subordinating history to power.

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• SOURCE: Hong Kong Free Press
  9/19/2021
  

  How Hong Kong's Elite Have Embraced a Shifting Narrative on Tiananmen Square

  The rise of pro-Beijing politicians in Hong Kong has led to increasing reluctance to condemn the Tiananmen massacre. The arrest of protest leaders under the Beijing-backed national security law has further chilled dissent. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  9/19/2021
  

  Jonathan Mirsky: Historian Turned Beijing Correspondent, Mao Fan turned Critic of Beijing

  After beginning an academic career in east Asian history, Mirsky reported on the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the Tiananmen demonstrations and massacre, letting the facts he observed change his assumptions.

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• SOURCE: National History Center and Woodrow Wilson Center
  5/25/2021
  

  Event: June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989 (June 1, 2021)

  Jeremy Brown’s June Fourth takes a historical approach to the events of 1989 in China, arguing that the Beijing massacre was neither necessary nor inevitable, and tracing alternative paths that could have led to different outcomes. He addresses the National History Center's Washington History Seminar on June 1. 

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• SOURCE: The New Daily
  4/27/2020
  

  On this Day: Chinese Students March in Pro-Democracy Tiananmen Square Protests

  On this day in 1989, enormous crowds of Chinese students and new-found supporters marched through major cities in China to fight for democratic freedoms.

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• 8/11/19
  

  Tiananmen Square-1989: Beijing’s Amnesia and Memory Hole

  by Kevin M. Shanley

  Revisiting Tiananmen Square 30 years later.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/2/10
  

  After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself

  by Louisa Lim

  Young people question the value of knowledge, a victory for Beijing 30 years after the crackdown on student protests.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/4/19
  

  In China, a Reuters Partner Blocks Articles on the Tiananmen Square Massacre

  China has made efforts to quash public mentions of the day when tanks and troops moved into the Beijing plaza and crushed student-led protests.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/3/19
  

  30 Years After Tiananmen, ‘Tank Man’ Remains an Icon and a Mystery

  Three decades after the Chinese Army crushed demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, “Tank Man” — the person who boldly confronted a convoy of tanks barreling down a Beijing avenue — is as much a mystery as ever.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6/4/19
  

  National Security Archive Publishes Special Exhibit on the 30th anniversary of the Massacre at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

  Declassified Records Describe Attacks by Chinese Troops, Internal Official Debates, and U.S. Attempts to Keep U.S.-China Relations on Track.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/30/19
  

  Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness

  After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/15/19
  

  Hu Yaobang's Death 30 years ago was the spark for the Tiananmen Square protests

  He is mourned — to this day — by those who hail him as an anti-corruption reformer.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  6-4-18
  

  The U.S. Urges China to Disclose the Death Toll From the Tiananmen Square Crackdown

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged China to disclose the details of people killed, detained or missing during the Chinese military’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 29 years ago.

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• SOURCE: The Inquirer
  11-29-16
  

  Microsoft's Chinese chatbots don't like talking about Tiananmen Square

  Topics sensitive to the government are off-limits for Xiaoice.

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• SOURCE: Financial Times
  10-16-16
  

  China silent on release of last Tiananmen Square prisoner

  News and social media blackout amid worker’s expected liberation after 26 years.

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• SOURCE: Newsy
  6-2-16
  

  On The Anniversary Of Tiananmen Square, China Scrubs Away Its History

  The country is already known for censorship, but it gets even worse on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square.

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• SOURCE: Dissent Magazine
  6-2-16
  

  Remembering and Forgetting Repression in China

  by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

  Each year, Hong Kong gatherings honor the memory of the students, workers, and bystanders slain near Tiananmen Square. And each year, on the mainland, the anniversary is dutifully ignored.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-30-16
  

  In China this is a crime ...

  … Sharing liquor bottles online that look like the famous image of a man standing defiantly in front of a line of tanks near Tiananmen Square.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5-4-16
  

  China to release last prisoner jailed over Tiananmen Square protests

  Miao Deshun, who was 25 when he was jailed in 1989, has been in prison for almost three decades and has had no contact with outside world for years.

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• SOURCE: Time
  6-4-14
  

  5 Things You Should Know About the Tiananmen Square Massacre

  TIME went back in history to pull out the details, context and feelings of those grim days from their own coverage at the time.