Tiananmen Square anniversary: Hong Kong police detain artist who made sign in the air
Sanmu Chen appeared to write the date of massacre in the air as anniversary becomes increasingly sensitive in Hong Kong
China’s crackdown on Tiananmen memorials shows its obsession with security – and growing paranoia
Louisa Lim
Under Xi Jinping, national security has swallowed up all other state policies, and Hong Kong’s activists are paying the price, says author Louisa Lim
China and Hong Kong reportedly detain dissidents before Tiananmen Square anniversary
Events marking 35 years since troops ended peaceful protest with deadly violence are banned in China and Hong Kong
May 2024
Hong Kong police arrest six people under new security law
Chow Hang-tung, a prominent barrister, among those held over social media posts before Tiananmen Square anniversary
October 2023
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging
Picture of athletes’ ‘6/4’ race numbers erased in perceived reference to 1989 massacre
September 2023
Chinese dissident who held Tiananmen Square vigils flees to Taiwan
Chen Siming posts video from Taoyuan airport saying he is seeking asylum from political persecution
August 2023
Isabel Crook obituary
Canadian anthropologist who joined Mao Zedong’s rural revolution and stayed on to build a ‘new China’
June 2023
Torches and T-shirts: Hongkongers defy attempts to forget Tiananmen
Annual vigil replaced by pro-Beijing carnival but some still manage to mark massacre amid heavy police presence
Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy figures on Tiananmen Square anniversary
At least 20 people detained, including activist Alexandra Wong and leader of opposition party, as hundreds of police conduct stop and search operations
Hong Kong police detain eight people on eve of Tiananmen anniversary
Tiananmen massacre museum opens in New York despite fear of Beijing backlash
Chinese censors remove protest site Sitong Bridge from online maps
May 2023
Tiananmen Square books removed from Hong Kong libraries in run-up to anniversary
Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitive
March 2023
Doctor who exposed China’s cover-up of Sars crisis dies aged 91
Hong Kong court jails Tiananmen anniversary vigil organisers
November 2022
The Guardian view on bearing witness: when the mourners too are gone
Bao Tong, former top aide of Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, dies at 90
July 2022
‘It felt like history itself’ – 48 protest photographs that changed the world
Protest can change everything. Which is why governments around the world want to suppress it. In a week when thousands in the US expressed their fury over Roe v Wade, we look back at some of the images that helped rewrite laws and change the way we think
June 2022
Li Jiaqi: Chinese influencer’s career hangs in balance after ‘tank cake’ stream
Chinese star taken offline after showing ‘tank cake’ on Tiananmen anniversary
About 307 results for Tiananmen Square protests 1989
