China has slammed US secretary of state Marco Rubio for his remarks marking the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, calling them a “malicious distortion of historical facts ...

For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China has passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it.

For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China has passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it.

And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it. Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989.

Not a word about the massacre is mentioned, even in Hong Kong, and the Chinese are less free today than they were in 1989.

BEIJING (AP) — For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist … ...

Mere acknowledgement of the Tiananmen Square massacre is a serious taboo in the People’s Republic of China. Rubio’s comments outraged Chinese officials.

A quiet Tiananmen Square anniversary displays China’s ability to suppress history Weeks of student-led protests shook the Communist Party 36 years ago, with hundreds and possibly thousands of ...

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A man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. | AP Photo/Jeff Widener, File Tiananmen Square is a vast space in the center of Beijing with ...