Tiananmen Square

From reform hopes to brutal crackdown - China's Tiananmen protests

An armoured police car is parked in the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 3, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

China, US clash over Tiananmen anniversary, Taiwan says face up to history

A police car is parked in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 3. The site was the scene of a deadly crackdown by Chinese authorities in 1989.

Rubio says China cannot erase memories of Tiananmen Square crackdown

A police car is parked in the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 3, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Tiananmen activist defends advocacy at Hong Kong trial

A barricade set up outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon Law Courts Building ahead of scheduled closing submissions.

Hong Kong court hears closing arguments in Tiananmen activists’ trial

Barricade set up outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon Law Courts Building, sitting as the High Court, ahead of scheduled closing submissions.

Timeline: Hong Kong’s squeeze on Tiananmen crackdown commemorations

Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan arrives at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre by prison van after being sentenced for unauthorised assembly, in Hong Kong, China April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong begins national security trial of Tiananmen vigil group

A general view of the High Court in Hong Kong, China December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong court rejects bid to terminate trial against Tiananmen vigil group

Pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung after being detained in Hong Kong in Sept 2021.

China calls Rubio’s comments on Tiananmen Square crackdown an ‘attack’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the American Compass New World Gala at the National Building Museum on June 03, 2025 in Washington, DC.

China's Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown

Security personnel keep watch near the portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong displayed on the Tiananmen Gate, in Beijing, China June 3, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo

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