Published 4 months ago

New Tiananmen museum opens in New York ahead of June 4 anniversary

A new museum dedicated to China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has opened in New York, becoming the world's only permanent exhibition on the event after a similar museum in Hong Kong was closed in 2021 under pressure from authorities.
The small museum in Manhattan holds items from the Tiananmen events, including banners, letters, and a blood-stained shirt, as well as photos and detailed news articles from the time.

Insights by Ground AI

Does this summary seem wrong?

More
Filters

61 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

News18 India

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

The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent exhibition in the world, following the 2021 closure of a similar museum in Hong Kong

4 months ago·India

Read Full Article

Reuters

New Tiananmen museum opens in New York ahead of June 4 anniversary

The hope for a "free China" lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China's 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown.

4 months ago·United Kingdom

Read Full Article

USA Today

New York City gives refuge to Tiananmen Square Memorial

As the annual celebration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen uprising approaches, a new exhibit is opening in New York City to remember the protests. (June 1) (AP Video/Ted Shaffrey/Robert Bumsted)

4 months ago·United States

Read Full Article

Associated Press News

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

As the annual celebration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen uprising approaches, a new exhibit is opening in New York City to remember the protests. The small trove of memorabilia

4 months ago·United States

Read Full Article

KIFI

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the annual celebration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen uprising approaches, a new exhibit is opening in New York City to remember the protests. The small trove of memorabilia are the centerpiece of the “June 4 Memorial Exhibit,” now housed on the fourth floor of a Manhattan office building. It carries on the mission of a similar exhibit in Hong Kong shuttered by the communist government tw…

4 months ago·Idaho Falls, United States

Read Full Article