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Longstanding group accused of being ‘agent of foreign forces’ and is asked for information about its membershipHong Kong’s national security police are investigating the organisers of a vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre for alleged fore…
Read MoreAs China marks the centenary of its ruling party, we examine key episodes in its tempestuous history, including the Long March, Mao’s purges and Xi Jinping’s rise to the top of an emerging superpowerAnyone visiting First Meeting Hall in Shanghai, the m…
Read MoreTributes lit in the windows of the US consulate building and the European Union’s office are a ‘political show’, says China China has berated the US and EU consulates in Hong Kong for displaying candles to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre , bl…
Read MoreResidents light candles, lay flowers and paint messages as police enforce ban on annual vigil for massacreHong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on protestsA man walked down a Hong Kong street on Friday wearing a shirt hand-painted…
Read MoreOfficers mobilised to break up the once-traditional events to mark the brutal crackdown against dissent in China 32 years agoHong Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister for allegedly promoting an unauthorised assembly on the anniversary of the…
Read MoreHong Kong, Macau and China ban gatherings, and Taiwan has a serious Covid outbreak, leaving people to remember the massacre alone or onlineFor the first time since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, there will be no formal commemoration event held in …
Read MoreFor years, Hong Kong has been one of just two cities in China allowed to mark anniversaries of the deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. This year, however, Hong Kong authorities banned the vigil for the s…
Read MoreCase comes on same day judge suggests speaking critically in foreign media could breach security lawsThe jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to an extra 14 months in prison over his conviction for an unauthorised assembly in 2019…
Read MoreActivist Joshua Wong separately sentenced over Tiananmen vigil protest in 2020A court in Hong Kong has sentenced three people to years in jail on riot convictions, despite no evidence they were actually involved in rioting. In a separate case, the acti…
Read MoreWatch given to Chinese troops who took part in 1989 crackdown pulled by Fellows after vendor received online threatsA luxury UK auction house has withdrawn from sale a rare watch given to Chinese soldiers as a reward for their part in the Tiananmen Squ…
Read MoreCampaigner Simon Cheng, granted asylum in UK, says shadow parliament would send ‘clear signal’ to BeijingHong Kong pro-democracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliament-in-exile to preserve democracy and send a message to Chi…
Read MoreMeetings on Tiananmen Square massacre and Hong Kong crisis were taken down because Communist government complainedZoom has admitted it suspended the accounts of human rights activists at the behest of the Chinese government and suggested it will block …
Read MoreProtesters in Hong Kong have defied a police ban to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown with a vigil, as the city’s legislature passed a law criminalising the mocking of China’s national anthem. Many fear this year’s commem…
Read MoreStudent protesters and journalists in 1989 recall the joy and hope before the crackdownIt was mid-morning in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on 1 June, 1989. Someone had turned on a boombox playing 80s disco music, and people began to dance. A young couple…
Read MoreStudent protesters and journalists in 1989 recall the joy and hope before the crackdownIt was mid-morning in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on 1 June, 1989. Someone had turned on a boombox playing 80s disco music, and people began to dance. A young couple…
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