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Rubio Marks Tiananmen at 37: 'No Amount of Censorship Can Erase the Past'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Tiananmen's 37th anniversary, vowing censorship can't erase 1989 — and Beijing pushed back. A look at what June 4 still means.

Latin Times · Jun 5

China’s Tiananmen crackdown: A timeline of 1989 events

Thirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never released a full death toll, with estimates ranging into the thousands. This event, marked by student-led demonstrations and a government crackdown, remains a sensitive topic in China. Landmark dates leading up to the…

The Economic Times · Jun 4

Former Chinese PM Li Keqiang dies of heart attack

Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68.

France 24 · Oct 27, 2023

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin’s body arrives in Beijing

Coffin was earlier driven through Shanghai in choreographed scene contrasting with recent protests

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

Chinese former leader Hu Jintao's removal was in full view of the foreign press, but heavily censored in China

Chinese state-owned media chalked up the incident to health issues, but little information seeped through to the Chinese-speaking public thanks to Beijing's censorship.

ABC News · Oct 24, 2022

Xi Cements His Power at Chinese Communist Party Congress – But He Is Still Exposed on the Economy

With a collapsing real estate sector weighing on a stretched banking system, the economy is Xi’s vulnerability.

The News Lens · Oct 24, 2022

Questions swirl after China's former leader Hu leaves event

Questions abound after former Chinese President Hu Jintao was suddenly escorted offstage

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

Xi cements his power at Chinese Communist Party congress – but he is still exposed on the economy

Xi Jinping’s clean sweep in elevating trusted allies to the commanding heights of the Chinese Communist Party is a political outcome that has implications beyond China’s borders.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2022

China's Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown

Saturday marks the 33rd anniversary of China's bloody crackdown of pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2022