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China arrests leading Tiananmen Square dissident

Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been formally arrested for subversion, state media reported, six months after he was detained in the wake of signing a pro-democracy charter.

Tiananmen Square: New pictures from the fringes of the crackdown

The Guardian publishes images kept secret by photographer for 20 years of Beijing people's skirmishes with Chinese military

150,000 gather in Hong Kong for Tiananmen candlelight vigil

Over 150,000 people gathered in Hong Kong on Thursday night to remember the victims of the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square.

Chinese police flood Tiananmen Square to prevent commemoration of military crackdown

China blanketed Tiananmen Square with police officers Thursday, determined to prevent any commemoration of the 20th anniversary of a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that left hundreds dead.

Former Communist Chief's Memoir Outlines Tiananmen Struggle

SKY CANAVES The Wall Street Journal 05/14/2009
 
Former Communist Chief's Memoir Outlines Tiananmen Struggle

HONG KONG -- A new memoir by the deceased former Communist Party chief ousted for refusing to help suppress 1989 pro-democracy protests offers a rare window into the power struggle that surrounded the bloody crackdown as its 20th anniversary nears.