Tiananmen

Police officers stand guard after announcing a closure of a part of Victoria Park, where the candlelight vigil used to be held, a day a head of the 33rd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong, China, June 3, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
China

Hundreds gather to mark Tiananmen anniversary in Taiwan

China bans any public commemoration of the event on the mainland, and Hong Kong authorities have clamped down too, making democratic Taiwan the only part of the Chinese-speaking world where it can...

The 'Pillar of Shame' commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing has stood at the University of Hong Kong since 1997 Peter PARKS AFP/File
China

Tiananmen statue creator slams 'mafia' tactics by Hong Kong university

Police collect a cut out of the Goddess of Democracy at the June 4th Museum, which commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as they search the museum after arresting four members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, in Hong Kong, China September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

Hong Kong police raid museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen victims

Labour rights activist and Tiananmen protester Han Dongfang, poses for a picture outside Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
China

Hong Kong not dead yet, says Tiananmen veteran taking lone stand in park for 4 June vigil

Police officers patrol in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 3, 2021. Picture shot through a window. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
South Asia

HK police arrest prominent organiser of Tiananmen vigils on crackdown’s anniversary

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on Tiananmen Square shrouded in smog, before the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
South Asia

Ahead of Tiananmen anniversary, Taiwan urges China to return power to the people

Activists and media members gather at the "Pillar of Shame", during a mourning of those who died during the June 4 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, inside the campus of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
World+Biz

Hong Kong organisers lose appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil