1989: Background Reading
As we mark the 30th anniversary of the 1989 protest movement in China, and the subsequent military...
Tiananmen 25 Years
Louisa Lim on Reporting, Hong Kong, and Tiananmen
Young China Watchers talks to former NPR correspondent Louisa Lim about reporting conditions in...
May 4th, Tiananmen, Wukan, and HK’s Umbrella Protests
With the 25th anniversary of the 1989 June 4th crackdown still fresh in memory (at least outside...
Murong Xuecun: Inside a Beijing Interrogation Room
Having described his eight-and-a-half hour detention last week to The New York Times’ Edward...
Editor Says Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering
Li Xuewen, a playwright and essayist, has been dismissed from his position at a publishing house...
Murong Xuecun Describes Time in Detention
Author Murong Xuecun, who has been released from police custody after his “statement of...
“Being Traveled”: China Sends Activists on Holidays
AFP’s Tom Hancock describes China’s occasional practice of sending activists on forced...
The Diminishing Returns of Tricking China’s Censors
The linguistic gymnastics used to evade censorship by China’s more politically inclined web...
Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Arrested
Beijing police formally arrested prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Friday, on suspicion of...
Chinese Democracy, Western Traps, and the End of History
Days after the 25th anniversary of the suppression of “pro-democracy” protests in...
The Story of Brother Six: Chan Tat Ching
Chris Buckley of the New York Times profiles Chan Tat Ching, also known as “Brother...
Bail or Banishment for Some Held Over 6/4 Anniversary
The passing of Wednesday’s Tiananmen anniversary has brought apparent resolution to the...
Tiananmen 25: Tight Controls On Square and Online
The weeks leading up to the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on Wednesday were marked by an unprecedented campaign of detentions, house arrests, forced or restricted travel, intimidation and surveillance. Those...
Update: Choice in 1989 Set Student on Road to Riches
At The New York Times, David Barboza and Michael Forsythe tell the story of Xiao Jianhua, a...
Tiananmen 25: 180,000 Join Hong Kong Vigil
As Tiananmen Square itself was closely policed and gatherings to commemorate the June 4, 1989...
Tiananmen 25 Liveblog: The Battle Against Amnesia
The 1989 protests and subsequent military crackdown are among the most taboo subjects in the...
Open Letter to President Xi Jinping
A group of China scholars has drafted a letter to President Xi Jinping asking for the release of...
Tiananmen 25: Crackdown Still Haunts China’s Military
The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore writes that two officers who led troops into Beijing in May...
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