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31 photos from the Tiananmen Square protests that China has tried to erase from history
In the early hours of June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party sent a column of tanks and armed tr…
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A student leader who survived the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests says Xi Jinping is showing a 'rare display of weakness' by relaxing the zero-COVID policy
Zhou Fengsuo, who was sent to a Chinese re-education camp after the Tiananmen protest, said he was …
Cheryl Teh
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How China turned a Tiananmen Square memorial into one of the most sought-after sculptures in the world
The "Pillar of Shame" was meant to spread all around the world. It didn't — until now, thanks…
Cezary Podkul
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China's 'Lipstick King' influencer Li Jiaqi goes offline after livestream of a 'tank cake' fuels Tiananmen massacre talk
The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is heavily censored in China, to the extent that many younger ci…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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One of China's biggest influencers may have unintentionally introduced fans to the heavily censored Tiananmen Square Massacre while promoting ice cream
Li Jiaqi promoted a tank-shaped ice cream online, a day before the anniversary of the bloody event,…
Waiyee Yip
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Generation Amnesia: why China’s youth don’t talk about Tiananmen
In the fourth in a six-part series, Mimi Lau and Phoebe Zhang look at how censorship, silence and…
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The creator of a Tiananmen Square memorial released the copyright on his sculpture so 3D printers can annoy China
The artist released a free blueprint for people to 3D print their own copies after the sculpture wa…
Jake Epstein
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Former US officials want to put a copy of a Tiananmen Square memorial sculpture across the street from China's embassy in DC
The artist of the sculpture has been inundated with requests for copies of the "Pillar of Shame" si…
Rebecca Cohen
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Target of Chinese spy's 'honey-trap' plot says he's still running for Congress
Tiananmen Square dissident-turned-New Yorker Xiong Yan laughs off the plot to frame him with porn o…
Laura Italiano
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China plotted to use sex worker, porn, violence to end defector's run for Congress, prosecutors say
China's secret police would use any dirty trick they could think of — a honey trap, planted p…
Laura Italiano
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Video shows a lone Ukrainian man trying to halt a Russian convoy of armored vehicles
A viral video appears to show a Ukrainian civilian blocking a Russian convoy in an echo of the hero…
Alia Shoaib
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Biden says Russia's war in Ukraine has led to 'Tiananmen Square squared' moments
Biden was describing his reaction to seeing a "30-year-old woman standing there in front of a tank …
Brent D. Griffiths
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Photos show Hong Kong marking the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary before and after China imposed a security law which censored protests
Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square crackdown vigil has been held annually since 1990, but the park was bl…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Hong Kong's 'Pillar of Shame' statue, which commemorates the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre, was removed in the middle of the night
The "Pillar of Shame" was erected in 1997, the same year Hong Kong was returned to China. Its remov…
Matthew Loh
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Disney+ in Hong Kong dropped an episode of 'The Simpsons' that featured a Tiananmen Square joke
The streamer made its debut in Hong Kong this month, but in the listing of "The Simpsons" episodes …
Jason Guerrasio
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The White House praised the ‘courage’ of Chinese protesters who died in the Tiananmen Square massacre days after tear gas and rubber bullets were used against protesters in DC
The statement praises Chinese protesters for their "courage and optimism." It doesn't address the v…
Rosie Perper
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Photos show thousands of Hong Kongers defying a police order to attend vigils memorializing the victims of the Tienanmen Square massacre
Under the new law, China can impose national security orders, enforce its own military presence, an…
Natalie Colarossi
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Hong Kong banned the Tiananmen Square vigil for the first time ever. Organizers say the government is exploiting the coronavirus to silence pro-democracy protesters.
The letter was directed to the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement of Ch…
James Pasley
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Xi Jinping whitewashes China's record of human rights abuses in speech at site of Tiananmen Square massacre
China has cracked down on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, while committing what is widely cons…
John Haltiwanger
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LinkedIn told a China expert remove all mention of the Tiananmen Square massacre from his profile or they would block it in China
A writer on China has been told his LinkedIn profile will be blocked in the country if he does not …