Around 500 people gathered in Taipei on Thursday evening for an annual candlelight vigil marking the 37th anniversary of the June 4th Incident, according to organizers.

The incident refers to the Chinese authorities' bloody crackdown on student-led, pro-democracy demonstrations in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The exact death toll remains unknown, with estimates ranging from hundreds to possibly thousands.

Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary: Candlelight Vigil Honours Victims in Taiwan

The Tiananmen Square's 34th Anniversary is on June 4th. China has prohibited any event on the remembrance of the massacre. What was the Tiananmen Square massacre? Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: China scrubs internet for Tiananmen Square Massacre references

The majority of books and videos about the Tiananmen Square crackdown were removed from the shelves of public libraries in Hong Kong just weeks after government auditors instructed them to step up efforts to root out works "manifestly contrary" to national security, according to the the South China Morning Post.

Hong Kong public libraries withdraw most books on Tiananmen Square crackdown in new censorship

Chinese government does not regret killing people in Tiananmen square massacre. 33 years on, and China is yet to release the massacre's official death toll. Tiananmen protests were primarily student-led demonstrations against Nepotism, Corruption in China.

Tiananmen square massacre: The day China wants everyone to forget

Hundreds of people gathered in Taipei to to mark Tiananmen anniversary. Hong Kong authorities have detained multiple people as they all gathered to mark 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre.

Hong Kong: US consulates lights candles to mark Tiananmen anniversary

For some years now, the discussion of the 1989 clampdown when the Chinese government set tanks and troops on peaceful protestors is all but forbidden in mainland China.

Tiananmen Square Massacre: What really happened in 1989?

Two more Hong Kong universities removed public monuments honouring the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in Beijing. A 6-meter (21-foot) replica of Chen Weiming's enormous statue that students had raised in Tiananmen Square was among the sculptures dismantled.

Hong Kong: More universities remove Tiananmen monuments

A statue commemorating those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square protest was removed from the Hong Kong University during an overnight operation, two months after the campus authorities ordered its removal.

Memorial commemorating victims of Tiananmen Square massacre removed from Hong Kong varsity

Searches for the famous Tiananmen Square 'Tank Man' protest photo came up empty on Microsoft search engine Bing on Friday, raising censorship concerns on the anniversary of the deadly crackdown.

Famed 'Tank Man' photo vanishes from Bing search engine

Ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary, authorities in Hong Kong will reportedly deploy at least 7,000 security officials across the city. Watch: Hong Kongers earlier observed the June 4 crackdown with candlelight vigils at the historic Victoria Park, however, authorities this time have taken extra security measures.

Hong Kong officials ramp up security ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary

32 years ago young protesters in China gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. They were demanding a grate of freedom and individual rights like those granted to people in the west. The Chinese government decided to respond to the protest by sending troops and tanks.

The fatal story of 32 years old Tiananmen Square protests

Hong Kong police detained prominent democracy activist Chow Hang-tung on Friday morning, with authorities determined to prevent any protests on the anniversary of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown.

Hong Kong police detain democracy leader on Tiananmen anniversary

Zoom Video Communications Inc on Thursday acknowledged that its decision for suspending accounts and ending meetings related to the anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square was taken after the Chinese government demanded it to do the same.

Zoom admits user accounts suspended after Chinese government demanded it

On 5 June 1989, the world woke up to the images of the massacre in Tiananmen. What action did the world's democracies take? What was India's stance under the Rajiv Gandhi government? WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Tiananmen Massacre | How the world responded 31 years back

The Tiananmen Square massacre is something China wants the world to forget. It was an event that killed any hopes of democracy in China. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how the ghost of Tiananmen still haunts Beijing.

Gravitas: 31 years since Tiananmen Massacre | What has changed in China?

On June 4, 1989, China sent tanks and military to Tiananmen Square. A pro-democracy movement was massacred under the cover of night. 31 years on, China has not released a death toll. WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report on the night that changed China forever.

Gravitas: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Communist governments were folding one after another. When the Soviet Union collapsed, China was hit the hardest. WION's Palki Sharma tells you why the global shift towards democracy was nightmarish for Beijing.

Gravitas: Tiananmen Massacre | Geopolitical changes that rattled China

Two things scare China, the ghost of Tiananmen Square, and more importantly- meeting the same fate as the Soviet Union. Because despite years of rapid changes, the chorus for democracy is echoing in China once again. WION's Palki Sharma gets you the story.

Gravitas: Tiananmen Massacre | What China fears the most

31 years ago young protestors in China had gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and were demanding freedom and individual rights like those granted to people in the west. The Chinese government chose to send troops and tanks to crush the protestors and that came to be known as the 'Tiananmen Massacre'.

31 years since Tiananmen Square massacre | 1989 | China

Today marks 31 years of the brutal crackdowns in modern history. China has raised the Tiananmen square massacre from its history books but there are many survivors to remember what happened on that fateful night in 1989. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Vigil outside Chinese embassy in Seoul, Tiananmen Anniversary

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