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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 targeted included figures such as Tiananmen Mothers Zhang Xianling and Ding Zilin, activist Hu Jia, former Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang’s political secretary Bao Tong, rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, journalist Gao Yu, and several dozen