On This Day — June 13, 1989: Most wanted: The Chinese authorities broadcast the list of the 21 most wanted student leaders.
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Erasing history: Why remember Tiananmen
ChinaFile, June 11, 2019
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30 Years Ago: Revenge of the Old Guard
China Digital Times, June 11, 2019
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Beyond Beijing: What China's 1989 Democracy Movement was like in Changsha
Global Voices, June 11, 2019
On This Day — June 9, 1989: In a speech, Deng Xiaoping states that the government has suppressed a “counterrevolutionary rebellion . . . determined by the international and domestic climate” where the “dregs of society” had sought to “establish a bourgeois republic entirely dependent on the West.”
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On This Day — June 9, 1989: In a speech, Deng Xiaoping states that the government has suppressed a “counterrevolutionary rebellion . . . determined by the international and domestic climate” where the “dregs of society” had sought to “establish a bourgeois republic entirely dependent on the West.”
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30 years ago: Legions of soldiers encircling Beijing
China Digital Times, June 7, 2019
30 years ago: Beijing chiefs face opposition
China Digital Times, June 6, 2019
Video: “Not double standards” – UN chief spokesperson refuses to condemn 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2019
In the Mojave Desert, Crazy Horse keeps company with Tiananmen’s Tank Man
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2019
As world remembers Tiananmen deaths, China says it's the victim
Bloomberg, June 4, 2019
Tiananmen 30 years on: UN silence on China human rights abuses
Al Jazeera, June 5, 2019
30 years ago: Lone man confronts tanks
China Digital Times, June 5, 2019
Tiananmen commemorations: An inconvenient truth for Beijing, a dire warning for Hong Kong and Taiwan
Global Voices, June 5, 2019
Solemn commemorations around the world mark 30 years since the Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2019
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On This Day — June 5, 1989: Tank Man appears: A lone man stops a tank convoy heading for Tiananmen Square.
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Hong Kong keeps Tiananmen crackdown memory alive with “record-breaking” mass vigil
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2019
抹掉历史威胁世界: 为什么要记住六四 (Erasing history is a global threat: Why the world needs to remember June Fourth)
Voice of America, June 5, 2019
“Tank Man” statue rises in California desert park as democracy activists and Tiananmen survivors gather to mourn and remember
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2019
“I felt ashamed . . . . It was a disgrace”: Tiananmen soldier at Taiwan vigil urges comrades to testify
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2019
【六四30年．短片】「天安門母親」成員張先玲講話全文 (Video: Tiananmen Mothers’ public address on 30th anniversary of June Fourth)
Ming Pao, June 4, 2019
Quiet reminders of Tiananmen in China’s capital of forgetting
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2019
黃雀行動港英角色曝光 暗助地下通道運作救400人 (What part did the Hong Kong colonial government play in Operation Yellowbird, rescuing over 400 mainland Chinese citizens after June 4, 1989?)
Citizen News, June 4, 2019
On This Day — June 4, 1989:
China rises but 30 years after Tiananmen, crackdown remains taboo
Al Jazeera, June 4, 2019
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30 years ago: Crackdown in Beijing
China Digital Times, June 4, 2019
Beijing silent as tight security surrounds Tiananmen Square anniversary
The Guardian, June 4, 2019
In Beijing, disappearances and security controls ensure quiet Tiananmen anniversary
Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2019
Tiananmen anniversary draws silence in Beijing but emotion in Hong Kong
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
“We must do more than remember”: what Tiananmen means to the Chinese diaspora
The Guardian, June 4, 2019
Tiananmen Square: What happened in the protests of 1989?
BBC, June 4, 2019
Reporting from Tiananmen Square in 1989: “I saw a lot I will never forget”
Al Jazeera, June 4, 2019
时报“六四”档案：“街头的痛苦、愤怒和眼泪”
”In the streets, anguish, fury and tears”
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
Interview: “The ideas the students came up with were very good”
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2019
Tiananmen Square: Japanese diplomats feared Chinese troops would storm embassy
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2019
EU still mourns Tiananmen crackdown victims: spokeswoman
Reuters, June 4, 2019
China rises but 30 years after Tiananmen, crackdown remains taboo
Al Jazeera, June 4, 2019
“I have never again returned to Tiananmen”
Voice of America, June 4, 2019
“Bearing witness is really all we have”: Memories of covering the Tiananmen aftermath
NPR, June 4, 2019
Thirty years on, China is still trying to whitewash the Tiananmen crackdown from its history
The Conversation, June 3, 2019
Remembering June 4th
China Digital Times, June 3, 2019
Tiananmen 30 years later: “Hope has not died” say Chinese dissidents
The Christian Science Monitor, June 3, 2019
Beijing after Tiananmen: Part 1
The Diplomat, June 3, 2019
“Sacred day”: Chinese remember Tiananmen killings by fasting
The Guardian, June 3, 2019
Washington Tiananmen vigil attracts first-timers for 30th anniversary
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2019
30 Years Ago: Residents Block Army Move
China Digital Times, June 3, 2019
寻找“坦克人”：自由与反抗的神秘象征
30 years after Tiananmen, “Tank Man” remains an icon and a mystery
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
He stayed at Tiananmen to the end. Now he wonders what it meant.
The New York Times, June 3, 2019
Tiananmen Square crackdown: 21 most-wanted student leaders’ stories
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2019
The new Tiananmen Papers: Inside the secret meeting that changed China
Foreign Affairs, May 30, 2019
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中共秘密资料揭开“六四”镇压背后的权力游戏
New documents show power games behind China’s Tiananmen crackdown
The New York Times, May 31, 2019
從北京警察到六四抗暴者：他牽着兩歲女兒，目睹世界翻轉 (From a Beijing police officer to a participant in civil disobedience in June Fourth: Sun Liyong witnessed the world turn upside down as he held his daughter’s hand)
The Initium, June 3, 2019
Proposing a Chinese day of fast, Citizens Movement in China
China Change, June 2, 2019
六四30年祭：后89时代的人生启蒙 (June Fourth at 30: Inspiration for the post-89 generation: Interview with Chinese youngsters who grew up behind the firewall)
Voice of America, June 2, 2019
On 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, China says crackdown was “correct” policy
Agence France-Presse, June 2, 2019
Three decades after Tiananmen, China’s youth loses faith in US
Financial Times, June 2, 2019
半生被稱劊子手，戒嚴部隊軍官：「我也是六四受害者」(Martial law officer who spent half of his life condemned as a murderer: “I am a June Fourth victim too”)
The Initium, June 1, 2019
小天安门：美国议员回忆成都“六四”
Witnessing China’s 1989 protests — 1,000 miles from Tiananmen Square
The New York Times, May 31, 2019
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《重返天安門》：其他的天安門事件——成都大屠殺 (The other Tiananmen: Massacre in Chengdu)
The News Lens, June 2, 2019China’s other Tiananmens: 30 years on
The Guardian, June 2, 2019
A massacre, erased: China tried to repress the memory of the brutal crackdown in
Tiananmen Square. Thirty years later, Beijing is still terrified of its legacy.
Washington Post, May 31, 2019
Dissident political scientist Yan Jiaqi believes only vindication for Tiananmen Square democracy movement will bring China justice
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2019
Surviving Tiananmen: “I might have been one of the hundreds or thousands who lost their lives”
The Guardian, May 30, 2019
“30 years after Tiananmen, the world is having a taste of the consequences of nurturing China”
CIVICUS, May 30, 2019
China’s “black week-end”
New York Review of Books, June 27, 2019 Issue
Tiananmen 1989: Three decades behind China’s gate of darkness
China Heritage, May 31, 2019
【六四三十】亞視六君子李玉蓮：六四是香港人要記住的感情和責任 (Hong Kong ATV journalist: June Fourth is a sentiment and responsibility that Hong Kong must remember)
Inmediahk.net, May 31, 2019
“Pillar of Shame” artist Jens Galschiøt erects Danish highway sign honouring 1989 Tiananmen Massacre victims
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2019
天安门母亲张先玲：和平理性坚持抗争30载 (Interview with a Tiananmen Mother, Zhang Xianling: A peaceful and rational 30-year-long reistance )
Voice of America, May 30, 2019
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Four is forbidden: Finding my way to the truth about Tiananmen
ChinaFile, May 30, 2019
China military says shouldn’t say Tiananmen protests were “suppressed”
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2019
30 years ago: Goddess of democracy erected
China Digital Times, May 30, 2019
China: Tiananmen injustice fuels repression 30 years on
Human Rights Watch, May 30, 2019
Many Chinese know little about the bloodshed in Beijing 30 years ago
Economist, May 30, 2019
Photos of the Tiananmen Square protests through the lens of a student witness
The New York Times, May 30, 2019
Tiananmen 30 years on: Why another pro-democracy uprising would be “impossible” in China
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2019
US calls Tiananmen Square “full-on massacre” as anniversary nears
Voice of America, May 30, 2019
The unsung heroes of Beijing, 1989: Remembering the civilian resistance
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2019
June 4, 1989: A personal recollection: Looking back on Tiananmen
Brookings, May 29, 2019
On This Day — May 30, 1989: Three leading members of the BWAF detained: Members of the Beijing Workers’ Autonomous Federation are detained by the Beijing Public Security Bureau, which had ordered the workers to vacate the place they were occupying the night before. The BWAF moves its headquarters to the northwest of the square.
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Video: Canadian journalist shares newly restored footage of Tiananmen Massacre horror
Hong Kong Free Press, May 30, 2019
六四30周年：天安门事件如何影响港台的社会与学生运动 (June Fourth 30th anniversary: How the Tiananmen massacre has affected society and student movements in Hong Kong , Taiwan)
BBC, May 30, 2019
30 years ago: Students renew call for change
China Digital Times, May 29, 2019
Chinese artist mentions Tiananmen Massacre anniversary in award speech
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2019
Hong Kong teacher hopes new book on Tiananmen Square crackdown can educate younger readers
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2019
Why Hong Kong maths teacher who witnessed Tiananmen Square crackdown holds special history lessons once a year for his students
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2019
Hong Kong student unions to host Tiananmen Massacre forum, amid lingering rift with vigil organisers
Hong Kong Free Press, May 29, 2019
On This Day — May 29, 1989: Goddess of Democracy erected: During the night, students of the Central Academy of Fine Arts assemble the 37-foot-high statue of the Goddess of Democracy, built in two days out of plaster and Styrofoam. It stands opposite the giant portrait of Mao Zedong.
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Hong Kong has kept flame of Tiananmen Square crackdown alive for 30 years – but is the fire burning out?
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2019
30 years after Tiananmen, a Chinese military insider warns: Never forget
The New York Times, May 28, 2019
30 years ago: Students urge end to siege of square
China Digital Times, May 28, 2019
30 years on, Chinese dissident Wang Dan reflects on the Tiananmen Massacre
Agence France-Presse, May 28, 2019
Relatives of Tiananmen Massacre victims pay respects at cemetery
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2019
Why we remember June Fourth
ChinaFile, May 28, 2019
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Hong Kong activist keeping promise he made 30 years ago to ensure Tiananmen Square crackdown is not forgotten
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2019
30 years ago: Li Peng tightens grip
China Digital Times, May 27, 2019
On This Day — May 28, 1989: Arrests begin: Bao Tong, Zhao Ziyang’s former aide, is arrested in one of the first of tens of thousands of arrests in which protest leaders, participants, and sympathizers are detained across the country.
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《六四30年》：天安門母親冀延續抗爭力量 (June Fourth 30th anniversary: Tiananmen Mothers wish to continue the resistance)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 28, 2019
6 months after cancelled exhibition, new film about Chinese cartoonist Badiucao to air on Tiananmen anniversary
Hong Kong Free Press, May 28, 2019
Remembering the Tiananmen Massacre, 30 years on: “They died on the spot”
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2019
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On This Day — May 27, 1989: Debates on whether to stay in the Square: The Capital Joint Liaison Group, a group consisting of workers, students, and intellectuals, states that the students should stay on the square until May 30. A few student representatives refuse to agree to retreat on May 30, believing that a withdrawal without any concession from the government is tantamount to surrender. The Capital Joint Liaison Group agrees.
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中學生嘆有包袱 赴六四晚會「戴帽戴眼鏡」(Hong Kong student from China describes fear and uncertainty over learning about June 4 and taking part in anniversary activities)
Ming Pao, May 27, 2019
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Generation Amnesia: Why China’s youth don’t talk about Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2019
30 years ago: Tide turns toward hard-liner
China Digital Times, May 26, 2019
六四30周年特辑之六：大学生 不成熟的八九民运主体 (June Fourth 30th anniversary special feature: University students, the core of a fledgling 1989 democratic movement)
BBC, May 26, 2019
【六四三十】支聯會遊行悼念兼反送中 老中青齊上街拒絕遺忘 (Over 2,000 protestors of different generations rally in June Fourth anniversary march, also protesting against extradition law amendments)
Inmediahk.net, May 26, 2019
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In Pictures: 30 years on, thousands in Hong Kong demand justice for Tiananmen Massacre victims
Hong Kong Free Press, May 27, 2019
六四30年：被忽略的“六四抗暴者” (Civil Disobedience Against Government Violence: The forgotten names in history)
Voice of America, May 25, 2019
30 years ago: Chaos among the leaders
China Digital Times, May 25, 2019
The road not taken: China after Tiananmen
Financial Times, May 24, 2019
How Hong Kong activists helped fund Chinese dissidents and pro-democracy activists caught up in Tiananmen Square crackdown
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2019
30 years ago: Changes at top are hinted
China Digital Times, May 24, 2019
Why Tiananmen Square protests still cast shadow over Hong Kong politics even after 30 years
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2019
【多圖】《吼叫一九八九》：廣場上的四十天 (In pictures: 40 days in the square)
The Stand News, May 23, 2019
“Memory is a crime”: Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong pens new song to commemorate Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, May 23, 2019
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says Tiananmen crackdown highlights need to stand up to Beijing
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2019
30 years ago: Shortages begin to cripple Beijing
China Digital Times, May 23, 2019
高文谦：六四亲历的两个杀人场面
The two killing scenes I witnessed during June Fourth
Human Rights in China, May 22, 2019
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On This Day — May 23, 1989: Defacing of Mao portrait: Mao Zedong’s portrait on the Tiananmen Gate is defaced by Yu Zhijian, Yu Dongyue, and Lu Decheng, who throw paint-filled eggs at it. The defaced portrait of Mao is quickly removed and replaced with another, identical one. Students hand over the individuals who defaced the portrait to the authorities.
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李立峯：一直少提少講 建制網媒出擊 主動否定六四 (Pro-Beijing media changing strategy from silence to preemptively discrediting June Fourth commemorative activities, says Hong Kong journalism scholar)
Ming Pao, May 23, 2019
六四30周年：通往自由香港的“黄雀行动” (June Fourth 30th anniversary: Operation Yellowbird, pathway to finding freedom in Hong Kong)
BBC, May 23, 2019
【六四三十】支聯會料維園晚會人數增 李卓人：今年意義重大 (Hong Kong Alliance to hold ”Patriotic Democracy March” this Sunday; expects high turnout at candlelight vigil this significant year)
Inmediahk.net, May 22, 2019
30 years ago: Protesters again stop troop advance
China Digital Times, May 22, 2019
Video: Tiananmen Square: China 30 years on
Financial Times, May 22, 2019
In pictures: Inflatable Tank Man sculpture appears in Taiwan ahead of Tiananmen Massacre anniversary
Hong Kong Free Press, May 22, 2019
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Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2019
六四30周年：美国外交官的“艰难抉择” (June Fourth 30 years ago: The “difficult decision” of U.S. diplomats)
BBC, May 22, 2019
天安门母亲：解决六四问题是“依法治国”的试金石 (Interview with Tiananmen Mothers: Answering for June Fourth is the touchstone for “governing country by law”)
Voice of America, May 21, 2019
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高文谦：六四亲历的两个杀人场面
The Two Killing Scenes I Witnessed during June Fourth
Human Rights in China, May 22, 2019
六四30周年特辑之一：八九之春 学潮乍起 (June Fourth 30th anniversary feature: Spring 1989 and the rise of a student movement)
BBC, May 21, 2019
香港記者陳潤芝的六四記憶：「每隔二十分鐘，軍人就開槍，砰砰砰砰砰」(Memories of June Fourth from Hong Kong journalist Chen Runzhi: “Soldiers were shooting every twenty minutes”)
The Initium, May 21, 2019
30 years ago: Crowds keep troops from city center
China Digital Times, May 21, 2019
The high price of denial: The cost to China of sweeping the Tiananmen crackdown under the carpet
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2019
On This Day — May 21, 1989: One million march: More than one million people defy martial law and successfully block soldiers from entering central Beijing.
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Families of Tiananmen massacre victims under surveillance ahead of anniversary
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2019
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六四臨近 當局逼丁子霖離京限通訊 (As June Fourth anniversary approaches, Tiananmen Mothers under surveillance, Ding Zilin forced to leave Beijing, unable to receive phone calls)
Ming Pao, May 21, 2019
30 years ago: Troops sent to Beijing
China Digital Times, May 20, 2019
四川独立电影拍摄者邓传彬（网名晃晃）疑因推特发布“六四酒瓶”照片遭刑事拘留 (Sichuan independent filmmaker Deng Chuanbin detained for tweeting photo of June Fourth liquor bottle)
Weiquanwang, May 18, 2019
On This Day — May 20, 1989: Martial law takes effect at 10:00 a.m.: PLA units are ordered to clear Tiananmen Square and return order to the city: “Demonstrations, petitioning, class boycotts, strikes . . . are prohibited . . . [A]rmed police and People’s Liberation Army soldiers have the right to exercise any force necessary to stop or prevent any violation of martial law orders.”
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Blood red anxiety: How Tiananmen coloured the world of Chinese artist Chen Guang
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2019
30 years ago: Zhao Ziyang: “We came too late”
China Digital Times, May 19, 2019
台北“六四研讨会” 王丹以十六字揭幕 (“Never forget, never give up, reunite, and start again,” says Wang Dan at opening ceremony of June Fourth symposium in Taipei)
Deutsche Welle, May 18, 2019
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30 years ago: Li Peng meets student representatives
China Digital Times, May 18, 2019
Explainer: 30 years on, the troubled history of Tiananmen Square’s Goddess of Democracy
Hong Kong Free Press, May 19, 2019
30 years ago: Gorbachev calls protesters “hotheads”
China Digital Times, May 17, 2019
“We saw humanity”: A Chinese student on the day Bob Hawke wept over Tiananmen
The Guardian, May 17, 2019
On This Day — May 17, 1989: Intellectuals’ response: Prominent intellectuals (incl. Yan Jiaqi, Bao Zunxin) draft declaration urging government to recognize the legitimacy of the Students’ Autonomous Federation, promote political reform, eliminate corruption, and respect freedoms of press, thought, assembly
March of over one million: More than one million people march in Beijing, including workers, All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) officials, journalists, doctors, and nurses.
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30 years ago: Gorbachev meets Deng; protests grow
China Digital Times, May 16, 2019