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Former Chinese student leader awaits China trial after entering H.K.
Hong Kong :: China | about 1 month ago
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Zhou Yongjun, a student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests who has been imprisoned in China previously, was handed over to mainland police by Hong Kong authorities after arriving here last year, Zhou's lawyers said Monday. To access...
Tags: Tiananmen Square, China, Zhou Yongjun, Hong Kong
Communist China Turns 60—and Reveals Its Insecurities
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
Credibility The 60th anniversary of Communist China was being celebrated this week, but 60 years ago was merely the victory over the Nationalist Chinese. The People’s Republic was proclaimed following the expulsion of the last Chinese Nationalist military forces...
Tags: People’s Republic of China, Communist China Turns, 60th anniversary, Tiananmen Square, military parading, communist rule, Hu Jintao, Beijing, fighter jets, president hu, China
China Turns 60, But Really Just Celebrating Past 30
A blowout party is hours away in Beijing, where the People’s Republic of China will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an unprecedented display in Tiananmen Square. But it’s worth noting that only the second 30 of those years are worth...
Tags: China, Beijing, Hong Kong, Independence, Communists, Tiananmen Square
China plans 60th anniversary with huge 'ideology' show
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
Credibility About 180,000 carefully vetted civilians are to perform in the city's symbolic heart, Tiananmen Square, after the military parade and a landmark speech by party leader and state President Hu Jintao. The civilian show has the three key themes of "ideology,...
Tags: People's Republic of China, Beijing, 60th anniversary, Tiananmen Square, Mao Zedong, military parade, central beijing, anniversary celebration, China
China shuts Tibet to foreigners before anniversary
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
Credibility Although the Oct. 1 commemorations, including a massive military review and speech by President Hu Jintao, are centered on Beijing, the clampdown extends to the farthest reaches of the sprawling nation. Online, blocks on sensitive political content and...
Tags: China Bans Travel, Beijing, Tibet, tiananmen square, shut tibet, china shut, China
China anniversary puts security jitters on show
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
Credibility Barely a day goes by without new measures being promulgated, some of which border on the bizarre. Mailing liquids or powders, including soap and toothpaste, has been banned. Any private tourist or leisure flights are also banned. Pigeon fanciers have...
Tags: Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Tanks rumble through central Beijing
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
Credibility The streets of central Beijing rumbled overnight with the sound of tanks which rolled into the central business district on their way to Tiananmen Square. They were followed by hundreds of missile launchers, armoured personnel carriers, and military vehicles...
Tags: Beijing, Tiananmen Square, military vehicle
Tiananmen effect
Beijing :: China | 6 months ago
Credibility Twenty years ago, the collapse of communism in Europe was proceeding smoothly. Tiananmen Square threw this into confusion, writes BBC Diplomatic Editor Brian Hanrahan. Although it wasn't obvious, the Kremlin had given the nod to reformers in Eastern Europe...
Tags: Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
New angle on iconic Tiananmen moment
Beijing :: China | 6 months ago
Credibility After snapping the shot, Jones and hundreds of other people scattered from the square. Back at the office, photo editors chose what they wanted to transmit. They already had a photo of the man facing off with a line of tanks. Jones didn't realize until...
Tags: Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen light
Beijing :: China | 6 months ago
Credibility It was the strongest possible answer by the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong to the Chinese government's efforts to sweep the memory of the Tiananmen massacre under the carpet. A huge crowd, which the organisers said numbered 150,000, gathered at Victoria...
Tags: Mainland China, Beijing, Hong Kongmark, Tiananmen Square, 20th anniversary, square yesterday, democracy movement, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Michael Fabricant
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