Remembering The Tiananmen Square Massacre 25 Years Ago

Remembering Tiananmen Square -- The Economist

HONG Kong is braced for what may be the most politically charged protest since May 21st, 1989, when 1.5m people flooded the streets. That was eight years before the city returned to Chinese rule, one day after authorities declared martial law in Beijing, and two weeks before Chinese troops unleashed deadly violence, on June 4th, to clear Tiananmen Square of demonstrators. A sprawling Hong Kong park named after Queen Victoria has since become the site of a yearly candlelight vigil; elsewhere in China commemoration of the June 4th crackdown remains strictly forbidden.

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Remembering The Tiananmen Square Massacre 25 Years Ago

China Defends Crackdown Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary -- VOA
China defends Tiananmen crackdown on eve of 25th anniversary -- Reuters
Security tight in Beijing on eve of Tiananmen anniversary -- FOX News/AP
Security at new heights on eve of China's Tiananmen anniversary -- CSM
China disrupts Google services ahead of Tiananmen anniversary -- Reuters
Tiananmen, Forgotten -- Helen Gao, NYT
13 Photos of the Tiananmen Square Massacre That China Wants the World to Forget -- Policy Mic
Tiananmen square protests and crackdown: 25 years on -- Tania Branigan, The Guardian
Here’s how Tiananmen lives on, 25 years after the bloody crackdown -- Washington Post
Tiananmen Square 25th Anniversary: The Day the World Saw China's Totalitarianism in Action -- Nick Holdstock, Vice News
China, the world remembers Tiananmen massacre -- Sophie Richardson, CNN

My Comment: 25 years later .... the emotions and sadness still overwhelm me when I think of those times. I was in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province (China) when the massacre occurred .... I still cannot properly describe that look of shock and pain that was on every Chinese person's face when they learned of the massacre .... and everyone knew what was happening as it was happening.

Sighhh .... if I am up to it later on .... I will give a more detailed update on what I was seeing in China during this time.

The below video is a good documentary on the events that led to the Tiananmen Square Massacre 25 years ago.