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TIMELINE: From reform hopes to brutal crackdown - China's Tiananmen protests

Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 04:09 AM

Thursday marks 31 years since China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people. Read more »

Hong Kong commemorates 31st anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests

Tyrone Siu, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 11:52 PM

Protesters take part in a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark the 31st anniversary of the crackdown of pro-democracy protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. Read more »

Retired China soccer star calls for ouster of Communist Party

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 04 08:36 PM

Hao Haidong, 50, who was a major star in China during the 1990s and 2000s, and is known to have a residence in Spain, spoke in a 53-minute video interview. Thursday is the 31st anniversary of the crackdown on student protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Read more »

Protest disrupts Hong Kong legislative debate over China national anthem bill

Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 03:57 PM

Police and firefighters entered Hong Kong's legislature on Thursday after two pro-democracy lawmakers threw foul-smelling liquid to protest against China's "murderous" crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square 31 years ago. Read more »

Hong Kong bans Tiananmen vigil for first time, in new challenge to protests

Daniel Victor, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 02 07:30 AM

Hong Kong on Monday prohibited for the first time the annual June 4 vigil to honor victims of the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, which the Chinese government crushed with deadly force. Read more »

Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus–sources

Reuters
Posted at May 04 08:11 PM

An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation, people familiar with the paper told Reuters. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 1, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 11:46 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

China celebrates 70 years of Communist rule

Thomas Peter, Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 11:40 AM

Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) march in formation past Tiananmen Square during a rehearsal before a military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China on Tuesday. Read more »

Tiananmen Square 'Tank Man' photographer dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 01:48 PM

The photographer who snapped the defining image of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown -- a solitary man defiantly blocking the path of a column of tanks -- has died in Indonesia, according to US officials.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 4, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 12:59 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Remembering the Tiananmen Square protest

Tyrone Siu, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 11:16 PM

Thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil to mark the 30th anniversary of the crackdown of pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, on Tuesday. Read more »

Labor groups commemorate Tiananmen Square protests

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 07:52 PM

Members of various labor groups light candles in front of the Chinese Embassy in Makati on Tuesday to commemorate 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, an event that, until recently, China refuses to discuss. Read more »

China tightens security around Tiananmen on anniversary of crackdown

Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 01:34 PM

BEIJING - Tourists thronged Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday amid tighter-than-usual security, although most visitors approached by Reuters said they were unaware of the bloody crackdown on student-led protests 30 years ago or would not discuss it. Read more »

Tiananmen ‘immunized China against turmoil’, says state-run daily

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 01:41 PM

It is rare for Chinese officials or media to publicly discuss the taboo topic. Authorities have detained activists and tightened online censorship ahead of the anniversary. Read more »

China military says shouldn't say Tiananmen protests were 'suppressed'

Reuters
Posted at May 31 07:19 AM

BEIJING - China's Defense Ministry on Thursday took exception to the use of the word "suppression" to refer to how the military put down pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square three decades ago. Read more »

Veteran cleric and Hong Kong democrat keeps up quest for 'historical truth' of Tiananmen

James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at May 28 01:05 PM

HONG KONG - Veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner and Baptist cleric Chu Yiu-ming was in his mid-40s when he joined demonstrators around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, just before a bloody crackdown that roiled China. Read more »

China's post-Tiananmen re-emergence onto the world

Reuters
Posted at May 27 03:04 PM

Next Tuesday, June 4, marks 30 years since China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people.  Read more »