Tiananmen Protests

Twenty Years Later, Still Calling for Freedom in China

Rep. Nancy Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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

Xiao Qiang | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

China Tiananmen Anniversary Gets Fresh State Crackdown

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Memories of a Goddess

Steve Futterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Futterman

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

Forgetting June 4th

Lauren Hilgers | Posted 05.25.2011

Lauren Hilgers

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

Bullets Over Beijing: 20 Years After Tiananmen Square

New York Times | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 05.25.2011

It was exactly 20 years ago that I stood on the northwest corner of Tiananmen Square and watched "People's China" open fire on the people....

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

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...