A Hong Kong artist tries to mark the Tiananmen crackdown. He was quickly stopped by police

Tiananmen dissident lambasts China on massacre anniversary

On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Wu'er Kaixi, who played a leading role during the 1989 protests, spoke to DW about his personal loss and nearly four decades in exile.

‘Every year I get new pictures’: the fight to preserve the memory of Tiananmen

Amid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroadDiscussions about the bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that took place around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 4 June, 1989 – and in cities across China – often dwell on the risk of forgetting the massacre.The passage of time, with the world’s eyes soon drawn elsewhere, and suppression by authorities at home …

A Hong Kong artist tries to mark the Tiananmen crackdown. He was quickly stopped by police

A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

A Hong Kong artist tries to mark the Tiananmen crackdown. He was quickly stopped by police

HONG KONG (AP) — A performance artist on Wednesday sought to display a thin red thread in downtown Hong Kong to remember the victims of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, 37 years on from the event. But he was quickly stopped by police, in the latest sign of the city's shrinking freedom of expression.

Rubio says China cannot erase memories of Tiananmen Square crackdown

WASHINGTON – Beijing's censorship cannot erase memories of its 1989 military assault on peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday (June 3), ahead of the anniversary of China's violent suppression there.Rubio's statement largely mirrored his past remarks on the crackdown but is likely to be reassuring to Chinese dissidents and pro-democracy supporters at...