Thirty years after Tiananmen, its almost as if nothing happened thereChina's ruling Communist Party's resolution on its 'achievements and historical experiences' highlights political disturbance in 1989 in Ch...
04 Jun, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
China deploys tanks to prevent people from withdrawing money from crisis-hit banks; grim reminder of Tiananmen Square incidentThe country's Henan province has been for the past several weeks witnessing clashes between police and depositors with the latter saying th...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
'The Simpsons' episode on Beijing's Tiananmen Square trip goes missing from Disney+ in Hong KongThe episode contains pointed comments about Tibet and the Cultural Revolution.
30 Nov, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
China blocks app's social media after post on Tiananmen anniversaryThe Weibo page of Xiaohongshu—a Pinterest-like platform where users share travel and shopping tips—published a post on June 4 saying, "Tell...
07 Jun, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
Social media account of China's Xiaohongshu goes dark after Tiananmen anniversary postThe Friday post on its account on China's Twitter-like Weibo said, "Tell me loud: what's the date today?", according to a screenshot seen b...
06 Jun, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
Human Rights Watch slams China's 'appalling year' of violationsA Chinese court last month handed down a four-year jail term to a citizen-journalist who reported from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus be...
13 Jan, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked caseMichael Kovrig was charged by Beijing on suspicion of spying for state secrets and intelligence. Michael Spavor was charged in Dandong, a c...
19 Jun, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary, defying a police banBeijing is taking a tougher stance following months of anti-government protests last year, in what activists see as an accelerating erosion...
04 Jun, 2020, 11.59 PM IST
China defends Tiananmen Square crackdown as 'fully correct'The massive square where the foreign journalists were turned away on Thursday became famous all over the world with an iconic picture of a ...
04 Jun, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus: SourcesThe report, presented early last month by the Ministry of State Security to top Beijing leaders including President Xi Jinping, concluded t...
04 May, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
10,000 killed in China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown: British archiveAt the end of June 1989, the Chinese government had said suppression of the "counterrevolutionary riots" had killed 200 civilians and sever...
23 Dec, 2017, 02.50 PM IST
US lawmakers ask China to allow public discussion of Tiananmen protestsCECC was created by Congress in 2000 to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, and to submit an annual repor...
03 Jun, 2016, 12.45 PM IST
China blasts UNHRC chief Navi Pillay, US ahead of Tiananmen anniversaryForeign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the statement by the world rights body's chief amounted to "gravely interfering" in China's judici...
04 Jun, 2014, 05.41 PM IST
Key Google services partially inaccessible in ChinaComments on social media about the disruption reflected widespread speculation that it could be related to the crackdown anniversary tomorr...
02 Jun, 2014, 08.46 PM IST
Tiananmen type trouble averted in Shanghai: Ex Chinese PMThousands were killed when the Chinese military deployed battle tanks to break the massive anti-government student protests in 1989 at the ...
13 Aug, 2013, 09.19 PM IST
- China vows new crackdown on Google, other web sites
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- US lawmakers criticize China's human rights
US lawmakers criticize China's human rights on anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown.
05 Jun, 2008, 03.04 AM IST