Tiananmen Square
Hong Kong: Tiananmen Square vigil group disbands amid crackdown
World
September 25, 2021
Hong Kong: Tiananmen Square vigil group disbands amid crackdown
The pro-democracy group Hong Kong Alliance has decided to disband as pressure from Beijing continues, the group said on Saturday. The activist…
Hong Kong cordons off annual Tiananmen vigil site, arrests organiser
World
June 4, 2021
Hong Kong cordons off annual Tiananmen vigil site, arrests organiser
Hong Kong closed off Victoria Park where tens of thousands gather annually to commemorate China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and arrested…
Tiananmen anniversary marked by crackdown, HK vigil ban
World
June 4, 2020
Tiananmen anniversary marked by crackdown, HK vigil ban
BEIJING (AP) — China tightened controls over dissidents while pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark…
China to hold first ‘cyber-dissident’ trial
World
January 14, 2019
China to hold first ‘cyber-dissident’ trial
China’s first “cyber-dissident”, whose website reported on sensitive topics including human rights, is expected to go on trial on Monday…
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
World
November 5, 2018
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
China’s first “cyber-dissident” Huang Qi is in danger of dying under police custody if he does not receive medical treatment…
Democracy nothing to fear, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary
World
June 4, 2016
Democracy nothing to fear, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary
On the anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on student-led protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Taiwan's new president told…
CCTV: China sentences three to death for Tiananmen attack
World
June 16, 2014
CCTV: China sentences three to death for Tiananmen attack
Three people were sentenced to death Monday over a suicide car crash in Beijing's symbolic heart Tiananmen Square, state-run media…
Wary China keeps close watch as Tiananmen anniversary arrives
World
June 4, 2014
Wary China keeps close watch as Tiananmen anniversary arrives
Twenty-five years ago, Wang Nan took his camera and headed out to Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where tens of thousands of…
China says five detained in connection with Tiananmen attack
World
October 30, 2013
China says five detained in connection with Tiananmen attack
Chinese police have caught five suspects after a vehicle burst into flames on Beijing's Tiananmen Square in what police called…
China blocks Tiananmen anniversary remembrance
World
June 4, 2013
China blocks Tiananmen anniversary remembrance
Chinese police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on its 24th anniversary Tuesday, part…