Story Archive
2019-05-31
A new book is published with apparently leaked documents showing the ruling Chinese Communist Party leadership rallying around then supreme leader Deng Xiaoping after the Tiananmen massacre.
2019-05-31
Three decades after the People's Liberation Army put an end to peaceful protests with guns and tanks, former journalist Jiang Lin recalls the bloody scenes that unfolded on the night of June 4, 1989.
2019-05-31
Critics warn that recent government changes to a controversial extradition bill do nothing to allay human rights concerns.
2019-05-30
Thirty years after the Tiananmen massacre, little has been written of the ordinary Beijing residents who tried to hold off the incoming People's Liberation Army troops.
2019-05-30
Shen Liangqing's family say they are very worried about his health, as he is highly unlikely to cave in to demands for a "confession."
2019-05-29
Top judges speak out anonymously, saying they will be put in an impossible position if the plan becomes law.
2019-05-29
Artist Zhang Yue says he is 'embarrassed' to be standing so near the site of the 1989 protests without having succeeded in defending freedom of expression.
2019-05-28
Families of those who died gather under the watchful eye of police to lay wreaths and light candles.
2019-05-28
Li Xiaojiang and Li Shihua have their contracts at Emory University terminated after 'failing to fully disclose foreign sources of research funding.'
2019-05-28
But many residents also earn money from scavenging and selling scrap for recycling.
2019-05-27
Former student leader Wu Renhua says the scenes of cruelty and bloodshed from June 4, 1989 are still etched in his mind.
2019-05-27
Consular officials tell politicians that they are reviewing their future in the city amid fears that anyone could be extradited to face trial in mainland China.
2019-05-24
A law enabling the civil registration procedure for same-sex couples was voted through the democratic island's legislature last week.
2019-05-24
Ray Wong and Alan Li were granted political asylum in May after fleeing Hong Kong while on bail pending rioting charges.
2019-05-24
Veteran Taiwan gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei recalls the early days of his activism, 33 years before marriage equality.
