Tiananmen Square Anniversary

China's Pro-Democracy Progress In Question On Tiananmen Square Anniversary

Posted 08.03.2011

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In what has come to be seen as a year of emotional upheaval, China's pro-democracy movement continues -- but only on the fringes of society. As Ch...

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Memories of a Goddess

Steve Futterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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It stood for one week, but 20 years after its birth and death, the Goddess of Democracy endures as a lasting symbol.

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China Tiananmen Anniversary Gets Fresh State Crackdown

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — In Tiananmen Square, police were ready to pounce at the first sign of protest. In Hong Kong, a sea of candles flickered in the hands o...

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The Legacy of Tiananmen for Chinese Politics

Susan Shirk | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Party has devised a formula for survival based on the lessons from the Tiananmen experience: Prevent large-scale protests, avoid public leadership splits and keep the military loyal to the Party.

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Clinton Pressures China On Eve Of Tiananmen Square Anniversary

CNN | Elise Labott CNN State Department Producer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Twenty years after China's bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the United States is urging the government to come to ter...

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Tiananmen's Enduring Challenge

Wang Dan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The central causes the Tiananmen generation took up remain unresolved: corruption, workers' rights, free speech and the need for government reform to address the needs of China's 1.3 billion people.

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Tiananmen Square: Foreign Reporters Barred By China On Eve Of Anniversary

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — A massive police presense ringed China's iconic Tiananmen Square on Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-demo...

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History Matters: Remembering Tiananmen (and Abu Ghraib)

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 05.25.2011

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In twenty years, will the iconic image of Tiananmen Square be in Chinese textbooks? Will the iconic image of Abu Ghraib be in ours?

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Tiananmen Anniversary: Chinese Dissident Wu Gaoxing Arrested

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement approaching, government security agents have detained a noted Chinese dissid...

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China: Tiananmen's Unhealed Wounds (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Minky Worden Twenty years after the Chinese army killed untold numbers of unarmed civilians in Beijing and other cities on and around June 3-4, 19...

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Tiananmen Square Remembered, An Eye-Witness Account

The Independent | Mary Dejevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Twenty years ago, a peaceful student protest in China's capital sparked a massacre that was broadcast across the globe. But did it really change anyth...

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