Hong Kong marked the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule and the inauguration of a new Chief Executive on July 1. …
Tiananmen
Amid Censorship, China’s Tiananmen Crackdown Is Remembered Online
In the years immediately following 1989, the anniversary of the deadly June 4 crackdown on demonstrators in Beijing was marked by smaller memorial protests. At universities in the northwest of the city, students would distribute …
After 23 Years, Father of Tiananmen Victim Commits Suicide
This June 4 will mark the 23rd anniversary of the brutal crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, when hundreds of demonstrators were killed by soldiers on the streets of Beijing. Twenty-three is not a special number. In …
A Long, Slow Endgame
I sometimes wonder for how much longer the Chinese government can continue to repress the desires of its people for political change. The cynical—and that includes me—will answer “forever.” But when I consider the whole exhausting machinery of repression—the legions of internet censors, sleeplessly trawling the internet for …
Mainland China Cracks Down, Hong Kong Remembers
HK Dissidents Prep for Big Tiananmen Anniv.
From TIME Hong Kong intern Anka Lee:
As the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square draws near, Hong Kong is humming with activities. Activists and dissidents are holding book talks and forums and students on university campuses across the city are debating whether the central government should come clean …
