Rule of Law in China

Dr. YANG Jianli Honored with Honorary Citizenship of Skagit County, WA

On June 4, the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, Dr. YANG Jianli, Founder and President of Citizen Power Initiatives for China, was honored by Skagit County, WA with its honorary citizenship for his "participation in the pro-democracy protests of the...

Project 2049 Published Report: Regime Resilience and Civil Resistance in Post-Tiananmen China

In the 1980s, conflicting patterns of economic liberalization led to a widespread protest movement across the People's Republic of China (PRC, China). Tensions reached an apex in Beijing on June 4th, 1989, as the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) dogmatic insistence on...

30 Years After Tiananmen, ‘Tank Man’ Remains an Icon and a Mystery

By: Javier C. Hernandez BEIJING - He has become a global symbol of freedom and defiance, immortalized in photos, television shows, posters and T-shirts.But three decades after the Chinese Army crushed demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, "Tank Man" - the...

Media Advisory: To Heal the Wound of History: New Books on 1989 Tiananmen Protests Launched

MEDIA ADVISORYFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 7, 2019CONTACT: Daniel Tenzin Jigme(202) 827-5762dcoffice@initiativesforchina.org TO HEAL THE WOUND OF HISTORY:NEW BOOKS ON 1989 TIANANMEN PROTESTS LAUNCHEDPress conference on May 15, 2019 Washington DC-At the eve of the...