Tag: Tiananmen Square Massacre

Close Call: Chinese Ship ‘Cuts Off’ US Destroyer

In a dangerous encounter at sea, a Chinese vessel cut in front of a U.S. warship, coming as close as 150 yards in the Taiwan Strait. But tensions are not limited to the region’s waterways. A Chinese fighter jet earlier cut in front of a U.S. aircraft’s nose mid-flight. The American plane’s cockpit shook under…


House Speaker, Committee on CCP Hold Roundtable to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and other congressional members hold a roundtable meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET on June 5 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fight for freedom in China. …


LIVE NOW: House Speaker, Committee on CCP Hold Roundtable to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and other congressional members hold a roundtable meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET on June 5 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fight for freedom in China. …


NTD Good Morning (June 5): F-16 Jets Scrambled Over Washington, DC; Tiananmen Square Massacre Commemorations Held Worldwide

An explosion like sound was heard across the Washington, DC area on June 4.  Officials say it was the sound of fighter jets breaking the sound barrier.  Find out why the jets were scrambled. Tiananmen Square Massacre Commemorations were held worldwide on June 4. We share the scenes and some thoughts from attendees. GOP presidential candidates…


Dissidents Change Tack, Call on People of Justice to Overthrow the CCP

Dissidents gathering to remember the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the fourth anniversary of Hong Kongers’ resistance have called on the forces of justice, both inside and outside China, to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) dictatorship. This is a step away from their previous rallies, which called on the CCP itself to…


‘A Symbol of Defiance’: Memory of Tiananmen Square Massacre Kept Alive by Advocates

Then-five-year-old Hu Yang was too young to be part of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square that would later be violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using tanks and guns. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying to keep its memory alive. In front of a local government building in his hometown, the…


Senior US Official Visits China on Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

The U.S. State Department said on the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Tiananmen Square Massacre that a senior official would be visiting China from June 4. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will be traveling to China from June 4, and then travel on…


New Tiananmen Museum Opens in New York Ahead of June 4 Anniversary

NEW YORK—The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to the Chinese communist regime’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the massacre. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent…


‘Keep Ideals Alive’: Washington Vigil Pays Tribute to Chinese Students Killed in Tiananmen Square Massacre

WASHINGTON—A Chinese man stood quietly by himself at the Victim of Communism Memorial at dusk on June 2. It’s that time of the year again. A candlelight vigil commemorating the students who died in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, was about to start. A survivor of the Chinese student democracy movement that ended with…


LIVE 8 PM ET: Candlelight Vigil in Washington Marks 34th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation holds a candlelight vigil and ceremony at 8:00 p.m. ET on June 2 in Washington to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Representatives of the Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hong Kong communities will speak at the vigil about the ongoing brutal crimes of the Chinese Communist…