Tiananmen Anniversaries

By: Yang Jianli & Aaron Rhodes The 'Tank Men' of Hong Kong can defy Beijing's 'Rolling Tanks.' Thirty-one years ago, thousands of innocent lives were lost when the Chinese government violently attacked unarmed students and other citizens demonstrating for...

By: JIANLI YANG A Tiananmen Massacre survivor and former political prisoner in China reflects on how poetry helped him endure captivity, and how art can sustain us amidst social distancing. I If I'm the wolf and you're the moonI'd tilt my head and sing to youIf I'm...

Message from Wang Bingzhang's sister on the 30th Anniversary of TiananmenToday is the 30th anniversary of the June 4th massacre. My heart is very heavy.Thirty years ago, a large number of China's outstanding young students lost their precious lives for Chinese...

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...