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

The United States has called on China to provide a full accounting of those who were killed, detained or remain missing in connection with events surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

US calls on China to honour Tiananmen Square massacre victims

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

Thursday marks 31 years since China suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Chinese troops opened fire on their own people -- making the event a taboo topic of discussion in mainland China ever since.

From brutal Tiananmen crackdown to China's re-emergence: A timeline of events

China has refused to apologise for the for the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing and called Taiwan's condition as ''nonense'' Thursday marks 31 years since Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led unrest in and around the square.

Beijing slams Taiwan’s call on China to apologise for Tiananmen crackdown as 'nonsense'

China is facing global hostility on its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Now an internal Chinese report says that anti-china sentiment is higher since 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. Watch report.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Internal Chinese report on global hostility, Worse than 1989 Tiananmen crackdown

President Xi Jinping declared Tuesday that "no force" can shake the Chinese nation as he oversaw a massive military celebration of 70 years of Communist Party rule, shadowed by a day of protest in seething Hong Kong that threatened to steal the spotlight.

'No force' can shake the Chinese nation, says President Xi Jinping as Beijing celebrates 70 years of Communist rule

The photographer who snapped the defining image of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown a solitary man defiantly blocking the path of a column of tanks has died in Indonesia, according to US officials.

Tiananmen Square 'Tank Man' photographer dies

China's first "cyber-dissident", whose website reported on sensitive topics including human rights, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday for leaking state secrets, a court said.

Huang Qi, China's first 'cyber-dissident', given 12-year jail term

Top US lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the Senate, recognising the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China and condemning the increasing repression and human rights violations by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC).

US lawmakers introduce resolution recognising Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, condemn China's human rights violations

An interesting hoarding can be seen on Hong Kong's bustling Nathan Street exhibiting Standard Chartered Bank's initiative: One Belt. One Road. One Bank. It clearly highlights the power of China, the "one country, two systems" approach for the former British colony has come in for strong criticism in the past week with the world closely following events related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.

In China-controlled Hong Kong, freedom is the biggest casualty

30 years after Tiananmen massacre, China maintains silence and censorship

Post-Tiananmen, Chinese citizens subjected to new wave of abuses: US The United States said Monday it had lost hope for human rights progress in China 30 years after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square as Beijing, in rare official comments on the bloodshed, insisted it had "immunized" itself against turmoil.

News brief: Big stories of the day

China must "sincerely repent" for the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago, Taiwan said on Monday, as a Chinese newspaper said nobody in China was interested in dragging up the past.

Taiwan urges China to 'repent' for Tiananmen, China paper says event is merely history

The United States said Monday it had lost hope for human rights progress in China 30 years after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square as Beijing, in rare official comments on the bloodshed, insisted it had "immunized" itself against turmoil.

Post-Tiananmen, Chinese citizens subjected to new wave of abuses: US

Tiananmen's key moments: Hope crushed by soldiers and tanks

Twitter Inc has apologised for suspending accounts critical of Chinese government policy days ahead of the 30th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, after an outcry among users.

Twitter apologises for blocked China accounts ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing`s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago was the "correct" decision, citing the country`s "stability" since then.

Chinese defence minister says Tiananmen crackdown was justified

The Chinese government had sent tanks and soldiers in an attempt to quell students' protest on June 4th, 1989.

On Tiananmen anniversary, US tells China to make full 'public account of those killed, detained or missing'

1989 may repeat if disenchantment with government policies grows in China, feels?Yang Jianli, president of Initiatives for China. Yang was a part of the pro-democracy protests and now lives in the US. He spoke to Ramesh Ramachandran.

Tiananmen Square-like protests may repeat if things don?t change, says Chinese dissident Yang Jianli

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