Tiananmen 20th Anniversary

Silence from Chinese Students on the Campus Where Tiananmen Rang Loud

Alec Ash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alec Ash

In 2009 there is no indication in Beida of such a rebellious past.

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Obama: The Roger Federer of Politics

Scott Malcomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Malcomson

Each man raises the level of play with a cool focus and economy of gesture that make most other players look crude.

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Tiananmen Square 1989 and China in Turmoil

Joe Merlino | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Merlino

2009-06-04-merlino_tian_fp.jpgI happened to be traveling in China during May and June of 1989.

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Memories of a Goddess

Steve Futterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Futterman

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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Rebuilding China's Moral Foundation by Telling the Truth About Tiananmen

Xiao Qiang | Posted 05.25.2011

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Xiao Qiang

Without a basic grounding in the truth about Tiananmen, there is no moral foundation for China's rise. The Chinese government must come to terms with its own history.

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Kristof's Monument to Passivism On Tiananmen Sq Aniversary

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Browner Hamlin

Unfortunately, what Nick Kristof does today is ensure that his readers will continue to ignore the moral imperative to help people achieve freedom and democracy.

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From China's Migrant Workers, Silence on Tiananmen

Alexander Davenport | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alexander Davenport

While the Tiananmen anniversary reverberates across Western media, for the migrant worker community of China, the day will pass almost ignored.

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Twenty Years Later, Still Calling for Freedom in China

Rep. Nancy Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi

The United States Congress says to the people of China and freedom-loving people everywhere: Your cause is our cause. We will never forget, and we will continue to push for freedom.

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On Tiananmen's 20th: The Challenge of China

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Schechter

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Protest, its time to improve coverage of human rights violations in China.

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Illuminating and Misleading Takes on China 20 Years Since Tiananmen

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom

It doesn't seem too soon to provide a first assessment of some of the best and worst discussions about the Chinese events of 1989.

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Forgetting June 4th

Lauren Hilgers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauren Hilgers

Censored in Chinese media and left out of official histories, there has been little to keep memory of Tiananmen Square going.

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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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Remembering Tiananmen Square (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Twenty years ago, a lone young man blocked the path of Chinese military tanks attempting to interrupt protests in China's Tiananmen Square. Today, Chi...

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The Legacy of Tiananmen for Chinese Politics

Susan Shirk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Shirk

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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Returning to Tiananmen Square

Jeff Widener | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Widener

I had reservations about returning to Tiananmen Square. But as I walked down one of the wide, tree-lined boulevards near the US Embassy, I felt such peace from that hell two decades earlier.

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History Matters: Remembering Tiananmen (and Abu Ghraib)

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leah Anthony Libresco

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's Enduring Challenge

Wang Dan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wang Dan

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 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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Human Rights Watch

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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China Blocks Twitter Ahead Of Tiananmen Anniversary

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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China is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown with another crackdown -- a massive block on Twitter and all those social media s...

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Tiananmen Square, 20 Years Later: News, Photos And Video From Around The World (六四事件)

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some call it the "Tiananmen Square Massacre," others say the "Tiananmen Square Crackdown," and in China it is known merely as an "incident," the "June...

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