Category: Tiananmen

Opinion: Ukraine President Takes a Tougher Stance on China 

Commentary Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently called on the international community to support Taiwan and “resist China’s aggression.” Around the same time, the Chinese Communist Party’s global threat was highlighted at a U.S. rally commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Zelenskyy spoke at the Shangri-La security forum on June 11, warning the…


33 Years Later, Tiananmen Square Massacre Still Matters to the World, Chinese Activists Say

The Chinese Communist Party is exporting its tyranny all over the world after the United States let it get away with murder 33 years ago during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, three Chinese activists say. It was a bloody night for pro-democracy student protestors on June 3, 1989. Tanks rolled in towards Tiananmen Square, the heart…


Inside the CCP’s Campaign to Spy on Americans

An Army veteran running for Congress, an Olympic figure skater, and a pro-democracy activist were among those targeted in an alleged plot by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to harass, intimidate, and spy on ethnic Chinese dissidents in America. Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against five men in three separate cases on March 16, whom they…


How Democracy Was Dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021

HONG KONG—For Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, 2021 has been a year in which the city’s authorities and the central government in Beijing stamped out nearly everything it had stood for. Activists have fled abroad or been locked up under a draconian new National Security Law imposed on the city. Opposition voices have been driven out…


Sculptor of Dismantled Tiananmen Statue Says Damage Symbolic of Hong Kong Struggle

HONG KONG—The sculptor of a statue commemorating the victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square clampdown said on Friday that its removal from a Hong Kong university was “brutal” but any damage would be symbolic of recent changes in the city under Chinese rule. The eight-meter (26-foot) sculpture of anguished human torsos was one of the…


More Hong Kong Universities Take Down Tiananmen Memorials

Two more universities in Hong Kong erased public artwork commemorating Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, mainly students, known as the Tiananmen Massacre. Just before dawn on Dec. 24, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) took down  a statue depicting a woman holding a flame. The 21-foot tall bronze sculpture, named “Goddess of Democracy,”…


Nine Hong Kong Activists Sentenced to Jail Over 2020 Tiananmen Vigil

Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were given jail sentences ranging from six to 10 months after pleading guilty to participating in a candlelight vigil in 2020 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre. Another three people received suspended sentences for the same charge of having participated in the unauthorized assembly in the city’s Victoria Park on June 4, 2020. The normally-annual event…


Leaders Behind Tiananmen Vigil in Hong Kong Charged With Inciting Subversion

A Hong Kong court charged three leaders of the group behind the city’s annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil under the Beijing-imposed national security law for subversion on Friday. Three leaders are currently being held in custody. Chow Hang Tung, a prominent barrister and the vice-chair of the pro-democracy group, failed to secure bail in the West…


Hong Kong Police Arrest Tiananmen Vigil Leaders

HONG KONG—Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four leaders of the group that organized the city’s annual Tiananmen Square commemorations after they refused to cooperate in a national security investigation, the group said. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China had openly challenged the enforcement of a 14-month-old national security…


Black Swan Visits Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

In a unique sighting in Beijing, a black swan appears in Tiananmen Square, the center of the city. A metaphor often associated with the bird’s presence is stirring speculation. A Hong Kong actor says he’s giving up his Canadian citizenship. Some call it a show of loyalty toward China’s communist regime. Beijing bans men it…