West miscasts Tiananmen protesters
James Kynge, who covered the Tiananmen Square protests as part of a team of reporters, questions the western media’s basic assertion that the demonstrations had been ‘pro-democracy’
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China has intensified efforts to quell any expressions of dissent to mark the 20th anniversary of the June 4 massacre that followed the Tiananmen Square protests
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Tight security for Tiananmen anniversary
About 150,000 people gathered in Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, but Beijing was locked down as police and security agents swarmed through the streets
Officials stick to verdict on Tiananmen
Chinese officials refusal to repeat the public verdict on the Tiananmen massacre of 20 years ago is a sign the regime in Beijing is softening its approach
US urges China to account for Tiananmen
The US made one of its strongest statements for years on human rights in China, as Beijing intensified efforts to quell dissent over the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre
Tiananmen: A reporter’s first-hand account
‘I joined people fleeing, as the dead and wounded were ferried from the battle on bicycle carts normally used for transporting vegetables: After the crackdown I was kept under surveillance for the next two years, tailed almost constantly by the security services, often on motorbikes and once in an ominous black Mercedes that chased me around an empty football stadium‘
Modern rulers embrace inherited silence
The demonstrations in 1989 centred on demands for political freedom and an end to official corruption, both issues the party struggles to address to this day
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China’s success outstrips democracy for now
Twenty years after Tiananmen Square the party has it both ways: authoritarian government with increasing, though circumscribed, market liberalisation, writes David Pilling
How Beijing kept its grip on power
Twenty years after Tiananmen Beijing is riding high politically and economically, yet among the masses there is growing dissatisfaction with the party’s post-Tiananmen policies, writes Minxin Pei
Little leaps forward?
China: Since the Tiananmen Square massacre two decades ago, Beijing has put in place reforms meant to neutralise the democracy movement – but they could weaken the status quo long term
