Wednesday, June 05, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Silencing discussion of June 4, online and off
China Digital Times, June 4, 2019
China blacks out Tiananmen coverage in massive media lockdown
Voice of America, June 4, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Security tight on Tiananmen Square as victims’ relatives pay respects on massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2019
查建国致信全国人大要求调查六四开枪是谁下的命令 (Activist Zha Jianguo issues open letter to National People’s Congress demanding independent investigation on June Fourth, including who is responsible for order to open fire)
Radio France Internationale, June 3, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
The U.S. is losing Europe in its battle with China: The major strategic divide over how to deal with Beijing will outlast Donald Trump
The Atlantic, June 5, 2019
For Pelosi, it’s personal: US House Speaker meets Tiananmen survivors, blasts China’s “moral injustices”
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2019
A foot in both worlds: Students under suspicion in China and the U.S.
NPR, June 4, 2019
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US universities brace for decline in Chinese students after Beijing warning
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2019Beijing warns of US travel risks, harassment
The Standard, June 5, 2019
SEC probes Siemens, GE, Philips in alleged China medical equipment scheme
Reuters, June 4, 2019
China withdraws bid for Greenland airport projects: Sermitsiaq newspaper
Reuters, June 4, 2019
China’s $1.9 billion Belt-and-Road rail project in Kazakhstan goes off track
Bloomberg, June 3, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
June 4 turnout hits 10-year high
The Standard, June 5, 2019
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Hong Kong residents worry about future of Tiananmen Square vigil
Voice of America, June 4, 2019
“More brutal than ever” China threatens Hong Kong freedoms, says wanted activist in Germany
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2019
【逃犯條例】律師會：影響重大不該倉促修例 若政府堅持則應加強保障 (Law Society of Hong Kong speaks out against extradition law amendments: “The HKSAR
government should not rush the legislative exercise”)
The Stand News, June 4, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Beijing needs sea change over June 4
The Standard, June 5, 2019
原來《黑鏡》都是真的：英國的監視科技系統，越來越像中國 (“Black Mirror” is real: U.K.’s surveillance technology systems are increasingly resembling China’s)
The News Lens, June 5, 2019
那个世界所熟知的香港，会死亡吗？
The death of Hong Kong as we know it?
The New York Times, June 5, 2019
30-year censorship and no accountability for Tiananmen: Here lies the hope
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 4, 2019
The West is complicit in the 30-year cover-up of Tiananmen
The Guardian, June 4, 2019
Raja Mandala: From Tiananmen to digital dystopia
Indian Express, June 4, 2019
UN should support calls for truth and justice over Tiananmen
ISHR, June 4, 2019
China since Tiananmen: Not a dream but a nightmare
Law & Liberty, June 3, 2019
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)
On This Day — June 4, 1989:
- 1:00 a.m. The troops have blocked off all approaches to Tiananmen Square. Various people who witnessed the killings of civilians report to the BWAF and to the students’ Command Headquarters, urging them to withdraw.
- 2:00 a.m. The first troop transport trucks enter the square. Chai Ling and Li Lu call on those remaining on the square to gather around the Monument to the People’s Heroes.
- 3:00 a.m. Hou Dejian and Zhou Duo negotiate with army officials to give the students time to vacate the square. Withdrawal will be unconditional, officials reply, adding that it must take place before daybreak. They indicate the southeast as the safest way to exit.
- 4:00 a.m. On the square the lights go off. The statue of the Goddess of Democracy is toppled by a tank.
- 4:30 a.m. The tanks and the troops stationed in the north corner of the Square begin to move forward. Students vote and eventually agree to leave. The soldiers shoot out the students’ loud speakers. Led by the Command Headquarters, the students walk away from the Monument to the People’s Heroes toward the southeast part of the square. A row of armored vehicles moves slowly toward the monument. Other troops arrive from the west, squeezing the crowd. As the students leave, army tanks crush tents on their way. The student guards are the last to leave, with soldiers about 18 feet behind them firing warning shots.
- 5:00 a.m. As the students pass Qianmen, residents line the streets and applaud. The army throws tear gas and shoots at students and citizens near the square and in other areas of the capital. Some people are crushed under tanks. The number of victims is not known.
- 6:20 a.m. Tanks crush retreating students.
China rises but 30 years after Tiananmen, crackdown remains taboo
Al Jazeera, June 4, 2019
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HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”
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
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang camp whistle-blower Sauytbay seeks asylum elsewhere
The Diplomat, June 3, 2019
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Chinese internment camp whistleblower seeks asylum in Sweden
Voice of America, June 3, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Tiananmen Square: Chilling treatment of mums desperate for justice after massacre
Mirror, June 3, 2019
Rock singer goes missing in China amid Tiananmen crackdown
Sydney Morning Herald, June 3, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
In China, a Reuters partner blocks articles on the Tiananmen Square Massacre
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
China silences dissidents, blocks information on Tiananmen anniversary
Associated Press,, June 4, 2019
On 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests, Weibo completely cracks down on the T-Word
What’s On Weibo, June 3, 2019
晚報：被指封鎖數百中國異見者帳號，Twitter 致歉但解釋是系統出錯 (Twitter apologizes for the shutdown of Twitter accounts of hundreds of Chinese dissidents, says it was an error)
The Initium, June 3, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Badiucao: Chinese dissident cartoonist revealed
BBC, June 4, 2019
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Dissident Chinese cartoonist shows his face on Tiananmen anniversary
Reuters, June 4, 2019China’s rebel cartoonist unmasks
Foreign Policy, June 4, 2019How the Tiananmen Massacre Shocked, Then Inspired a Chinese Political Cartoonist
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
Relatives of Tiananmen victims turn time of anxiety into activism
Voice of America, June 4, 2019
六四30周年：首次重返天安门的“六四”学生领袖
Tiananmen Square: The moment a student leader returns for the first time
BBC, June 4, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Beijing wants ex-Hong Kong police chief Andy Tsang Wai-hung, who oversaw teargassing of Occupy protesters, to lead UN agency fighting drug crimes
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2019
China’s workers at constant risk from unsafe buildings and structural collapse
China Labour Bulletin, June 4, 2019
30 years after Tiananmen, China still suspicious of student-labor ties
Voice of America, June 4, 2019
Tiananmen: China rebukes Pompeo on 30th anniversary of protests
BBC, June 4, 2019
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Pompeo urges China to release human rights prisoners to mark Tiananmen crackdown
Reuters, June 3, 2019
On Tiananmen anniversary, Canada says it has real concerns over China's human rights
Reuters, June 4, 2019
UK urges China to respect rights on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
Reuters, June 4, 2019
China issues U.S. travel alert warning of harassment of Chinese travelers by law enforcement bodies
Associated Press, June 4, 2019
Taiwan urges China to “repent” for Tiananmen Square crackdown
Al Jazeera, June 3, 2019
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Taiwan urges China to 'repent' for Tiananmen, China paper says event is merely history
Reuters, June 2, 2019
Chinese daily: Tiananmen “immunized China against turmoil”
Agence France-Presse, June 3, 2019
“We stopped the turbulence”: Tiananmen crackdown was “correct”, says China
Sydney Morning Herald, June 3, 2019
China warns students, academics of risks of studying in U.S.
Reuters, June 3, 2019
China offers money to Tibetans to display portraits of Xi Jinping
Radio Free Asia, June 3, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Canada court to hear Huawei extradition case details June 6
Reuters, June 4, 2019
Apple is now restricting Chinese language podcasts in China
TechCrunch, June 4, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Tiananmen Square massacre marked with Hong Kong vigil
The Guardian, June 4, 2019
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Hong Kong prepares for commemoration of 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
Al Jazeera, June 4, 2019Hong Kong holds somber Tiananmen vigil as Beijing goes into lockdown
Reuters, June 3, 2019“Record turnout of over 180,000” at Hong Kong candlelight vigil to mark Tiananmen crackdown’s 30th anniversary but for many, city’s controversial extradition bill was extra spur
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2019Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen, concerned about its own future
Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2019
In Hong Kong, a publisher struggles to document Tiananmen’s carnage
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
83% of young Hongkongers say Beijing was in the wrong over the Tiananmen Massacre – HKU survey
Hong Kong Free Press, June 4, 2019
The Hong Kong teachers whose lives are inexorably linked to Tiananmen Square crackdown making sure their pupils are taught about events of 1989
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2019
Hong Kong's students remember Tiananmen because those on the mainland can't
Sydney Morning Herald, June 4, 2019
Video: “We don’t need to chant slogans” – 100 attend “alternative” Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil
Hong Kong Free Press, June 4, 2019
Extradition law is 'final nail' in Hong Kong's coffin: activist
Reuters, June 4, 2019
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ‘will not simply follow orders from Beijing’ on extradition requests and can refuse transfer of fugitives accused of crimes against defence or foreign affairs
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2019
Hong Kong pupils petition against extradition bill as protests build
Reuters, June 4, 2019
【逃犯條例】覆美國會議員聯署信 林鄭：指修例損害法治、人權 沒有根據 (Extradition law: Carrie Lam replies to joint letter from US Congress: No evidence that Extradition Law amendments harm rule of law and human rights)
The Stand News, June 4, 2019
Remembering Tiananmen Square is dangerous, even in Hong Kong
The Atlantic, June 3, 2019
Former Tiananmen student leader barred from Hong Kong vigil
Sydney Morning Herald, June 3, 2019
Prosecutors in mainland China can reopen criminal cases years later and seek fugitive transfers, Hong Kong security chief John Lee admits
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2019
Commentary (评论)
30 years on from China’s Tiananmen Massacre, it’s time for truth
Human Rights in China, June 4, 2019
王丹：我从领导天安门抗议中学到了什么
What I Learned Leading the Tiananmen Protests
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
30 years after Tiananmen: How the West still gets China wrong
Foreign Policy, June 4, 2019
How Tiananmen crackdown left a deep scar on China’s military psyche
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2019
Tiananmen crushed Asia’s wave of rebellion
Foreign Policy, June 4, 2019
Surviving Tiananmen: The price of dissent in China
The Nation, June 4, 2019
Telling the truth about Tiananmen will make China stronger
Sydney Morning Herald, June 4, 2019
时报“六四”档案：“街头的痛苦、愤怒和眼泪”
When China massacred its own people
The New York Times, June 4, 2019
China continues to deny Tiananmen, but we won’t let the world forget
The Guardian, June 3, 2019
Kuora: How many Chinese know about the ‘June Fourth Incident’? More than you think
SupChina, June 3, 2019
Six questions and four articles about Tiananmen Square
ChinaFile, June 3, 2019
Tiananmen 1989: Lessons for today
The Diplomat, June 3, 2019
“六四”在中国是个禁忌，但总有人会记得
Thirty years after Tiananmen: Someone always remembers.
The New York Times, June 3, 2019
Opinion: Why we remember Tiananmen Square
Deutsche Welle, June 3, 2019
China shows it has no regrets over the Tiananmen slaughter
Sydney Morning Herald, June 2, 2019
Monday, June 03, 2019
June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)
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
Xinjiang (新疆)
Tiananmen Square crackdown, Xinjiang: China’s defence minister says Beijing got them both right
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2019
A tale of non-Uyghur activists battling for Uyghurs’ freedom
Bitter Winter, May 30, 2019
“Sinicization” of Islam continues in Henan
Bitter Winter, May 30, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Canada “extremely disappointed” over China’s detention of Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor
Bloomberg, June 1, 2019
Background: Chen Jianfang 陈建芳
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 31, 2019
Background: Xue Renyi 薛仁义
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 31, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
【六四三十】中國獨立歌法李志疑被消失三個月 曾創作多首涉及六四禁歌 (Independent folk singer Li Zhe, who made several songs about June Fourth, disappeared for three months as anniversary draws near)
The Stand News, June 3, 2019
Journalists with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN in US denied passes to cover Congress
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2019
China sends message at Shangri-La Dialogue amid tight media control
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2019