Category: Tiananmen Square

Beijing Pressures Cause Removal of Hong Kong Statue About Tiananmen Massacre

Commentary The West should ban companies from cooperating with totalitarian regimes like China in the suppression of democracy and free speech. A Hong Kong university is using a U.S. and UK law firm to erase the Tiananmen Square massacre’s physical history, in the form of assisting in the removal of an almost sacred Hong Kong…


The Unchanging Chinese Communist Party

Commentary Le Figaro editor Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote in 1849 that “the more things change, the more they remain the same thing.” This is a phrase that today’s China watchers would do well to keep in mind as Beijing strives to present itself to the world as a new kind of “superpower” uninterested in altering…


Group Behind Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Vigil Denies Foreign Ties

HONG KONG—The group behind the annual Tiananmen Square memorial vigil in Hong Kong said Sunday it will not cooperate with police conducting a national security investigation into the group’s activities, calling it an abuse of power. Police notified the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China last month that it was…


Social Media Account of China’s Xiaohongshu Goes Dark After Tiananmen Anniversary Post

BEIJING—A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” was unavailable on Sunday after it issued a post on Friday, June 4, the anniversary of the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square, a highly sensitive date in China. The Friday post on its account on China’s Twitter-like Weibo…


US Condemns Hong Kong Ban of Tiananmen Square Massacre Events

The Biden administration accused Hong Kong authorities of suppressing annual events held to mourn the victims of Beijing’s 1989 military massacre of pro-democracy civilians. On June 2, Jalina Porter, principal deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, expressed at a press briefing that “the United States condemns actions by Hong Kong authorities that prompted…


Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary, Taiwan Urges China to Return Power to the People

TAIPEI—Taiwan urged China on Thursday to return power to the people and embark on real political reform rather than avoid facing up to the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing. Friday marks 32 years since Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led unrest in and around the square. Chinese authorities…


New HK Bishop Says Will Pray for Tiananmen Victims, Follow the Law

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s incoming Catholic bishop said on Tuesday he will pray for the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, but whether he could do that in a public venue depends on the city’s laws. Pope Francis on Monday named Stephen Chow, 61, head of Hong Kong’s…


June 4 Vigil Organizer Says Candles Will Be Lit in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, Defying Beijing

June 4 this year will mark the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and it will be the first year since the Chinese regime implemented the national security law in Hong Kong. While a number of democracy activists were given jail terms for participating in last year’s peaceful Tiananmen memorial rally, one organization vowed…


Pelosi: Speaking Up for Human Rights in China Is About ‘Honoring Our Values’

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Feb. 18 that protecting human rights in China is about promoting American values, as well as defending U.S. national security and the economy. “I’ve been working on human rights in China for over 30 years since Tiananmen Square. It’s really important for the world to know that human…