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Tiananmen Square

A close of photograph showing a person's eye and seen through clear glass reflecting the image of a gallery exhibit.
Arts, Culture & Media
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen museum shuts down amid investigation
Protesters in Tiananmen Square hold up a sign that says absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Photography
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in photos
Requiem for Liu Xiaobo
Full Episode
Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony shows the Chinese flag flying after the Union flag was lowered on July 1, 1997.
Global Politics
Hong Kong still holds powerful symbolic meaning for China
A Chinese national flag, at center, flies upside down on September 29, 2014. Chinese living in mainland China know very little of the pro-democracy protests taking place in Hong Kong.
Conflict
Hong Kong has grabbed headlines around the world — except in Beijing
Arts, Culture & Media
25 years later, Tank Man lives on as a symbol of courage — just not in China
A Beijing citizen stands in front of a row of Chinese tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace in this June 5, 1989 file photo during the crushing of the Tiananmen Square uprising.
Global Politics
Discussing Tiananmen Square is still risky after 25 years, even for Chinese students in the US
A Beijing citizen stands in front of a row of Chinese tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace in this June 5, 1989 file photo during the crushing of the Tiananmen Square uprising.
Global Politics
Discussing Tiananmen Square is still risky after 25 years, even for Chinese students in the US
A captured tank driver is helped to safety by students as the crowd beats him on June 4, 1989.
Conflict & Justice
25 years later, China still blames the US for somehow fomenting the Tiananmen Square protests
People walk along the sidewalk of Chang'an Avenue as smoke raises in front of the main entrance of the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on October 28, 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Chinese police say the deadly car crash in Tiananmen Square was a terrorist attack
Remembering and forgetting Tiananmen Square
Arts, Culture & Media
Observing the Tiananmen Anniversary with ‘Big Yellow Duck’
Arts, Culture & Media
World’s Biggest Museum Opens in China
Arts, Culture & Media
China: Pay No Attention to the Tiananmen Anniversary
Conflict & Justice
Remembering Tiananmen