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UNBELIEVABLE: Tiananmen square - Caught on Camera

Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules

Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square

The Guardian - UK

Our efforts to record Tiananmen atrocity

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Rubio Marks Tiananmen at 37: 'No Amount of Censorship Can Erase the Past'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Tiananmen's 37th anniversary, vowing censorship can't erase 1989 — and Beijing pushed back. A look at what June 4 still means.

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Beijing slams US comments on Tiananmen Square crackdown as 'smear' of China

On 4 June 1989, the Chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush protests calling for political reform in and around the central square in the capital Beijing.

Euronews

Tiananmen 37 years on: China blocks families from visiting graves of victims, deepens crackdown on memory

China is intensifying its crackdown on any public remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square events. Families of victims are being barred from visiting graves, and authorities are actively erasing the incident from public memory. This suppression escalates as Hong Kong also bans commemorations, while global reactions highlight ongoing censorship.

The Times of India

China, US clash over anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

Beijing has condemned as "smears" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments on the Tiananmen Square clampdown, as people outside China mark the anniversary.

AAP

Albania's 'flamingo revolution' against Jared-Kushner-backed luxury resort

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, June 4: Today marks 37 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre and the papers look at how advocates are trying to keep the memory of the victims alive. Albanians continue nationwide protests over a proposed luxury resort on a protected ecosystem in a project backed by…

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China’s Tiananmen crackdown: A timeline of 1989 events

Thirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never released a full death toll, with estimates ranging into the thousands. This event, marked by student-led demonstrations and a government crackdown, remains a sensitive topic in China. Landmark dates leading up to the…

The Economic Times

Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

The Independent UK

Hong Kong police stop artist from marking Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

Performance artist was trying to attach 6.4m long thread, apparent reference to June 4 crackdown date, to street signpost when police showed up

The Independent UK

‘Every year I get new pictures’: the fight to preserve the memory of Tiananmen

Amid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroad

The Guardian - AU

On This Day, June 4: Iran's supreme leader elected, women's suffrage bill passed, ATM patent approved, D-Day delayed, first shopping cart introduced, Henry Ford's first car ride and National Hug Your Cat Day

June 4 marks a day of global historical significance. Major events include the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the liberation of Rome in World War II, and the first successful test drive of Henry Ford's automobile. The date also saw the release of Metallica's 'Load' and the granting of the ATM patent.

The Economic Times

A Hong Kong artist tries to mark the Tiananmen crackdown. He was quickly stopped by police

A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

The Independent UK

On This Day in History, June 3: Muhammad Ali’s death, Tiananmen Square crackdown, Tagore’s knighthood, Partition plan and first American spacewalk

On This Day in History, June 3 witnessed several landmark events that shaped the modern world. From Muhammad Ali’s death in 2016 and the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 to Ed White’s historic American spacewalk in 1965, the date holds global significance. It also marks the unveiling of the Partition…

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The Independent UK

This Week in History: From the Tiananmen Square massacre to the loss of a boxing icon

Explore how major events between 1 and 7 June were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court hears final arguments in trial of Tiananmen vigil organizers, hopes for July verdict

A Hong Kong court has concluded final arguments in a national security trial for two former organizers of vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court hears final arguments in former Tiananmen vigil organizers' national security trial

A Hong Kong court is hearing the final arguments in a national security trial for two people who organized large vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

The Independent UK

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organiser says Communist Party confuses wanting democracy with sedition

Chow Hang-tung says the slogan did not seek to dismantle Communist Party rule as she and fellow activist Lee Cheuk-yan face subversion charges under Beijing’s national security law

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong begins national security trial of organisers of Tiananmen Square vigil group

The case comes weeks after the conviction of media tycoon Jimmy Lai

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong national security trial of three pro-democracy activists begins

Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, are accused of inciting subversion

The Independent UK

National security trial for Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizers to open

Two organizers of a vigil commemorating people killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 will stand trial on Thursday

The Independent UK

What to know about the trial in Hong Kong against Tiananmen vigil organizers

A national security trial for former organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil opens Thursday

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Palmer Luckey Warns China’s ‘Most Powerful Weapon’ Isn’t a ‘Missile or Drone, It’s Their Ability to Control People’s Minds Through the Media’

Palmer Luckey argues China’s strongest weapon is propaganda, highlighting censorship’s social acceptance and its implications for technology, security, and markets.

The Conversation

How China uses second world war history in its bid to reshape the global order – podcast

With Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un among 26 world leaders watching, China’s president Xi Jinping made a muscular address to 50,000 people in Tiananmen Square marking 80 years since the end of the second world war. China is “never intimidated by bullies” and would “stand by the…

Radio France Internationale

Tanks and missiles roll through Beijing as China commemorates 1945 victory

China staged its largest-ever military parade in Beijing on Wednesday to mark 80 years since Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. President Xi Jinping stood in Tiananmen Square flanked by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un – a spectacle designed to show military power and political…

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