US EditionA Quiet Tiananmen Square Anniversary Shows China’s Ability to Suppress History
- On June 4, 2025, China marked over three decades since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown with heightened security measures in Beijing and no official public commemorations.
- The 1989 crackdown ended student-led pro-democracy demonstrations by troops firing live ammunition and deploying tanks in the square.
- Cities abroad, including Taipei, hosted public memorial events where Taiwan’s president and a senior U.S. official commended the protesters’ bravery and condemned China’s efforts to suppress discussion of the crackdown.
- Rubio highlighted the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to suppress information about the events, emphasizing that these actions will not erase global remembrance, while Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te called for safeguarding historical memory as a means to uphold democracy and human rights.
- The event remains taboo in China, with no official acknowledgment, suggesting continued efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to erase this history.
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AP PHOTOS: The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown
For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China has passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it.
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chinadigitaltimes.netWhy China Hasn’t Seen Another Tiananmen Movement
Online culture and censorship have broken the ties that once spurred protesters.
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'The Chinese Communist Party cannot erase freedom and democracy' (ANSA)
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[NHK] It has been 36 years since the Tiananmen Square incident in Beijing, the capital of China, in which student protests calling for democratization were violently suppressed, resulting in many deaths. The Chinese government...
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