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Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments in Tiananmen activists' trial

Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments in Tiananmen activists' trial
us news
Published on May 18, 2026 02:39 am IST

Hasan Piker stopped from filming by police in China? Everything we know

Hasan Piker stopped by police in China from filming at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square? What we know (Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg)
us news
Updated on Nov 12, 2025 02:14 pm IST

HT This Day: June 5, 1989 -- Hundreds of civilians shot in Beijing: Army controls Tiananmen Square; students defiant

HT This Day: June 5, 1989 -- Hundreds of civilians shot in Beijing (HT)
india news
Published on Jun 04, 2025 03:55 pm IST

Marco Rubio says 'world will never forget' China's Tiananmen Square crackdown

Policemen stand guard in front of the Tiananmen Square during the 33rd anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, in Beijing on June 4, 2022.
us news
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 10:06 pm IST

Hong Kong's top court quashes convictions of pro-democracy Tiananmen group

Hong Kong's top court quashes convictions of pro-democracy Tiananmen group
world news
Published on Mar 06, 2025 09:22 am IST

Fear of a Soviet-style collapse keeps Xi Jinping up at night

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast during the National Day reception on the eve of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
world news
Published on Oct 05, 2024 08:00 am IST

Tim Walz's shocking lie resurfaces ahead of debate with JD Vance

Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance and Kamala Harris's vice-presidential pick Tim Walz -- set to debate each other on October 1
us news
Published on Oct 02, 2024 05:07 am IST

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
world news
Published on Jun 04, 2024 10:37 pm IST

Hong Kong newspaper runs blank front page ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Hong Kong newspaper runs blank front page ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
world news
Published on Jun 01, 2024 10:08 pm IST

How Communist China blacks out 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre

Iconic image. A lone demonstrator blocks the path of a tank convoy along the Avenue of Eternal Peace near Tiananmen Square in June 1989.
world news
Published on Jun 13, 2023 07:00 pm IST

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 24 detained in Hong Kong

Police detain a woman with paper flowers in downtown on the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown, near where the candlelight vigil is usually held, in Hong Kong, China on Sunday.
world news
Published on Jun 04, 2023 08:22 pm IST

Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses

A 6.4 metre (20 foot) tall bronze "Goddess of Democracy" statue holding aloft a flame at Hong Kong's Chinese University had been removed from a public piazza just before dawn.
world news
Published on Dec 24, 2021 11:24 am IST

Hong Kong university dismantles and removes Tiananmen statue from campus

The artwork, of anguished human torsos, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated.
world news
Published on Dec 23, 2021 09:12 am IST

‘Mountains can’t stop the river’: China's reply to Australia boycotting Olympics

Pictured above are Australia's prime minister Scott Morrison (L) and China's president Xi Jinping (R). 
world news
Updated on Dec 08, 2021 11:36 am IST

Hong Kong sculpture commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre, still on campus

A woman walks in front of the "Pillar of Shame" statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, at the University of Hong Kong, Danish artist Jens Galschioet is seeking to get back his sculpture in Hong Kong memorializing the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as a deadline loomed for its removal.
art culture
Updated on Oct 14, 2021 07:48 am IST

Microsoft says error led to Bing blocking images of Tiananmen 'tank man'

Unidentified Chinese man, popularly known as Tank Man, stood in front of a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square (AP).
world news
Published on Jun 05, 2021 06:31 am IST

‘They just took everything’: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai on police raids

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong.
world news
Updated on Oct 15, 2020 01:34 pm IST

China’s first tryst with outbreak lockdown, masks was about 110 years ago

A policeman wearing a face mask takes a tourist's temperature at the Qinhuai scenic zone in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province. The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown, has banned most vehicles downtown.
world news
Published on Jan 27, 2020 07:22 pm IST

‘No force can shake China’, says Xi Jinping at Communist Party’s 70 yrs celebration

A huge screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering a speech at the start of a parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.
world news
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 10:40 am IST

China’s 70-year parade shows economic and military might

Residents watch a float behind barricade line as Chinese military vehicles and floats in preparation for the parade for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Tuesday’s event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the founding of the People’s Republic of China by then-leader Mao Zedong following a civil war.
world news
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 10:33 am IST

China celebrates 70 years as Hong Kong braces for unrest

Helicopters fly over with displaying the flag of China, right, and the flag of Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in Hong Kong while the celebration of the People's Republic's 70th anniversary is taking place in Beijing. Police are warning of the potential for protesters to engage in violence "one step closer to terrorism" during this week's National Day events, an assertion ridiculed by activists as propaganda meant to scare people from taking to the streets.
world news
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 10:32 am IST

Ahead of mega parade on Oct 1, missiles, tanks appear on Beijing roads

A military vehicle travels along a road as streets in Central Beijing were closed for a rehearsal of the military parade on October 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing.
world news
Updated on Sept 16, 2019 03:31 pm IST

Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ photographer dies

“Tank Man” has become one of the defining images of the 20th century, but the image remains largely unrecognised in China due to censorship of the image and the wider crackdown.
india news
Updated on Sept 14, 2019 12:22 pm IST

Former Chinese premier Li Peng dies at 91: Report

Li Peng, a former hard-line Chinese premier best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, has died.
world news
Published on Jul 23, 2019 05:14 pm IST

China expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with US statement on Tiananmen anniversary

China’s embassy showed strong dissatisfaction on remarks on the 30th anniversary of the student-led protests in Tiananmen Square.
world news
Published on Jun 04, 2019 11:16 am IST

The man who bankrolled Tiananmen movement still wanted in China

Wan Runnan was among those who had bankrolled the movement, hoping that the pro-democracy protests could usher in political reform, transparency and economic opening-up.
world news
Updated on Jun 03, 2019 05:56 pm IST

‘Tiananmen Square crackdown was correct policy, brought stability’: China ​​​​

A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square.
india news
Updated on Jun 02, 2019 07:28 pm IST

‘Tank man’ photographer recalls iconic shot that became a timeless classic

Chinese tourists walk past an inflatable tank man at the Liberty Square of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, June 1, 2019. An artist erected the inflatable display in Taiwan’s capital to mark an iconic moment in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo)
world news
Updated on Jun 02, 2019 08:44 am IST

How China is defending its detention of Muslims to the world

Outside the main mosque in Kashgar, where a surveillance camera looks on
world news
Published on Apr 20, 2019 04:35 pm IST
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