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Iran's Black Day in Perspective
I distinctly feel like I've been through this day before. June 20, 2009 has become a day to be likened with June 4, 1989. I can't tell you where Barack Obama was on June 5, 1989, but I was with a college roommate in Arizona, where "Oh my god" was among the words as a wave of... Thousands attend vigil for Tiananmen's 20th in Hong Kong
Over 150,000 people came to honor the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in Victoria Park, event organizers said Thursday. Francesca Ayala reports from Hong Kong. " HONG KONG -- Thousands of people... Tiananmen Square vigil held in Victoria Park, Hong Kong
A Tiananmen Square vigil has been held in Hong Kong, the only part of China to commemorate the event that happened 20 years ago today. About 150,000 people assembled in Victoria Park for the event, at which one of... Tank Man in Tiananmen Square: who was he?
The Tank Man in Tiananmen Square, as he is simply known, has become the ultimate symbol of a peacful protest in Tiananmen 20 years ago. A lone Chinese man, carrying two plastic shopping bags, wearing a simple white... Tibetans and Burmese refugees in solidarity with Tiananmen
Today, at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, Tibetans and Burmese refugees marked 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre to show solidarity with the Chinese people who are longing for freedom and democracy in China. Chinese Police Crack Down on Tiananmen Square on 20th Anniversary
Twenty years after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre Chinese authorities were taking no chances, as plainclothes and uniformed police outnumbered the tourists in Beijing's main square. Online social media... New China-Malaysia Friendship Opens
China and Malaysia open a new era of friendship celebrating 35 fruitful years of bilateral ties.The two Asian neighbours are now taking bigger steps to deepen the root of a flourishing tree planted and nurtured... 263 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
China Bans Foreign Media and Journalists from Tiananmen Square
Foreign journalists have been banned from Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democratic protests. Earlier this week, authorities blocked social networking sites like Twitter and... Students honor Tiananmen 20th anniversary with hunger strike
A small group of university students in Hong Kong have gone on a hunger strike to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, which officially ends tomorrow morning. " HONG KONG - Members from the Hong Kong Teachers' Union publicly offered their... Bishop bashes Chinese government and church
Hong Kong's former church leader spoke about the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and during a press conference on Monday. " Cardinal Joseph Zen said he wanted an official inquiry into what happened so future generations could tell the... Tiananmen Square Anniversary -- China Steps Up Repression
With the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square approaching, Chinese authorities have stepped up surveillance of activists and human rights workers. People have been detained and threatened with violence for...
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Tiananmen Student Leader Captured
Tiananmen Square Student Leader Captured
CSN demands the immediate release of Zhou Yongjun
April 16, 2009 (CSN) -- One of the student leaders at Tiananmen Square was named Majer Zhou -- or if you are Chinese, his name is Zhou Yongjun. He has now been captured. He is the... 75 year-old Retired Professor beaten up during Qingming
Saturday was the day that the festival Qingming is celebrated in China. Qingming is a festival held every year when the Chinese traditionally honor the dead. A retired university professor, Sun Wenguang, was brutally attacked by a group of men when he went to the cemetery to... Canadians deported after pro-Tibet protests in China
Not much to say about this one...more Canadians have been sent home after pro-Tibet demonstrations in China. Not exactly surprising. One of the deported Canadians, a spokesman for Greenpeace, says he wasn't... Tibet Protest met with angry reaction from Chinese in Tiananmen Square
"While their protest was initially regarded with curiosity by onlookers, a group of young Chinese men suddenly started shouting ``Get out! Get out!'' and began aggressively surrounding the foreigners, the footage...
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