China authorities said they would close Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown, ...

China was gripped by a pro-democracy movement in 1989, triggered by the death of reformist ex-leader Hu Yaobang. Mass street protests, weeks-long sit-ins and hunger strikes at Tiananmen Square by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An armoured police car is parked in the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 3, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov June 4 (Reuters) ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese authorities have spent decades scrubbing details of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square from the country’s memory — most recently deploying artificial ...

Speaking to the BBC before her arrest in 2022, Chow said she was "prepared to be arrested" Three Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils commemorating Beijing's 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --Two Hong Kong activists who organized vigils to commemorate those killed in a crackdown by the Chinese military on the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests were facing ...

Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of China. Tiananmen means “gate of heavenly peace.” In 1989, after several weeks of demonstrations, Chinese troops entered Tiananmen ...

University students sent home as China tries to end protests over virus restrictions Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Security was tight outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday morning as guilty verdicts were handed down inside ...