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Tiananmen vigils shift overseas as Hong Kong falls silent

As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary.

Reuters

Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately

As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement

The Independent UK

Taiwan: Hong Kong's political refugees continue their fight for political freedom

June 4 marks the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. Usually, Hong Kongers take the lead in commemorating this event with massive candle light vigils. But, since China imposed its national security law in 2020, public criticism of the regime in Beijing has become dangerous. With their…

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As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to Tiananmen Square exhibit

Chinese Americans are determined to mark the Tiananmen Square Massacre anniversary as China cracks down on dissent.

ABC News

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

As the annual celebration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen uprising approaches, a new exhibit is opening in New York City to remember the protests

The Independent UK

New Tiananmen museum opens in New York ahead of June 4 anniversary

The hope for a "free China" lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China's 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown.

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Hong Kong leader defends removal of politically sensitive books from libraries

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Hong Kong leader defends removal of politically sensitive books in public libraries

Hong Kong's leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures

The Independent UK

Tiananmen Square books removed from Hong Kong libraries in run-up to anniversary

Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitive

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong leader says public libraries must ensure books don't violate laws

Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don't violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves.

Reuters

Hong Kong security chief criticises WSJ opinion piece on 'Subversive' art

Hong Kong's Security Chief Chris Tang criticised an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on a seizure by authorities of a statue commemorating Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown on democracy protesters in 1989.

Reuters

Hong Kong police seize statue in "incitement to subversion" probe

Hong Kong police seized an exhibit on Friday in connection with what they said was an attempt to incite subversion, with media reporting it was a statue commemorating Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown on democracy protesters in 1989.

Reuters

Hong Kong court convicts dissident trio for marking date of Tiananmen massacre

Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty

The New Daily

New Edinburgh Trams graffiti branded 'rank' for comparison to Tiananmen Square

The image which sprung up on Leith Walk is a nod to the ongoing dispute between Edinburgh trams and people who are fed up with the tram works in the capital.

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Foreign Affairs

Xi’s Shattered Illusion of Control

Recent protests revive a long tradition of Chinese dissent.

The Conversation

How China's response to zero-COVID protests could affect global business

The recent protests in China against the country’s zero-COVID policy have been unprecedented in their scale, intensity and distribution. Protestors numbering in the thousands were reported in dozens of cities. Not since 1989’s Tiananmen Square protests has there been such widespread civil disobedience.

France 24

Historic protests in China against 'zero Covid' policy

Protesters in several major Chinese cities have expressed their anger over the country’s stringent “zero Covid” policy, under which cities are put on lockdown over just a handful of coronavirus cases. This is the biggest wave of demonstrations since the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 – creating an unprecedented challenge…

The Guardian - US

‘Freedom in China is precious’: Tiananmen Square protest veteran salutes new generation

Activists have despaired for decades as Beijing has hardened its grip. Now they see a turning tide

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The Conversation

Jiang Zemin propelled China's economic rise in the world, leaving his successors to deal with the massive inequality that followed

By the summer of 1989, a series of problems were threatening China’s stability. Soaring inflation was undermining the economy at home while the violent suppression of Tiananmen Square demonstrations had left it largely a pariah state abroad. Yet within a few years the nation rebounded – beginning two decades of…

The Conversation

Protests in China are not rare -- but the current unrest is significant

Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media have suggested the current unrest sweeping cities across China is unlike anything seen in the country since that time.

Evening Standard

Who was Jiang Zemin? Former China leader dies aged 96

Jiang came into power following the Tiananmen Square protests and ruled the country for a decade

Boston Herald

Editorial: The world needs another Tiananmen Square hero

History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.

Bangkok Post

Former China leader Jiang Zemin dead

China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, China's state news agency said.

WEKU

China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin, an influential reformer, has died at 96

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control.

The Conversation

Chinese protests are about more than COVID – student discontent has fuelled the biggest movement since Tiananmen Square

Protests have erupted across China, initially in response to the deaths of ten people in a fire in an apartment block in Xinjiang in the country’s northwest. The demonstrations represent the biggest expression of public unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was savagely crushed.

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