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Thirty-five years ago, Wang Dan was number one on China's most-wanted list. The student leader, who headed months of mass protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, was arrested after the army violently removed the demonstrators and spent years in jail. Now living in exile in the US, he reflects on how…

Events marking 35 years since troops ended peaceful protest with deadly violence are banned in China and Hong Kong

China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders

A bloodied shirt, a tent and a military medal are among exhibits marking China’s brutal suppression of 1989 protests.

More than 1,800 political prisoners have been detained in Hong Kong in Beijing’s clampdown on the region since 2019

Last week’s conviction of dissidents came in the biggest case since the introduction of a new national security law

Recent convictions of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under national security law raise concerns. U.S. plans visa restrictions, calls for release of a...

US says 14 protesters have been jailed for ‘peacefully participating in political activities’ that should have been allowed

Fourteen prominent pro-democracy activists have been found guilty in a landmark subversion trial in Hong Kong. They were among the 47 opposition figures arrested under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law and charged with trying to overthrow the government by organising an unofficial primary for the 2020 legislative election. While Beijing…

The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law

Foreign governments expressed concern and activist groups condemned Thursday's convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong