As vigils to mark the 37th anniversary were held around the world, Chinese authorities reportedly banned families of those who died in 1989 from visiting their graves.

Amid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroad

Vigils marking anniversary have shifted to overseas cities in past years

Peking/Hongkong/Taipeh (dpa) - Taiwans Präsident Lai Ching-te hat China für die mangelnde Aufarbeitung des Massakers am Platz des Himmlischen Friedens (Tian'anmen) vor 37 Jahren…

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Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

Thirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never released a full death toll, with estimates…

It comes as the 37-year-anniversary of the protests and massacre approaches.

TAIPEI/BEIJING — Taiwan has pressed China to recognise the deadly crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 37 years ago, in commemorat...

In the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, police also stepped up security to prevent any commemoration of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing.

Chinese authorities are further restricting any public remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, blocking families of victims from visiting graves and intensifying…

37 years after the Tiananmen Square crackdown, activists and families demand truth while Beijing enforces strict censorship and heavy security in Hong Kong.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

As vigils to mark the 37th anniversary were held around the world, Chinese authorities reportedly banned families of those who died in 1989 from visiting their graves.

BEIJING — China accused the United States on Thursday of distorting facts and smearing its political system, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio s...

On 4 June 1989, the Chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush protests calling for political reform in and around the central square in the capital Beijing.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te called on China to 'face the wounds of history'...

More than 100,000 people used to cram into a Hong Kong park to remember the Tiananmen massacre. This year, some found a defiant way to continue their vigil.