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Thousands attend HK Tiananmen vigil

05 Jun 2009, 6:50AM

Tens of thousands of people have attended a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square. Read more

Blackout greets Tiananmen anniversary

04 Jun 2009, 7:10AM

China has kept a tight lid on content related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, blacking out foreign TV reports. Read more

Artist commemorates Tiananmen

31 May 2009, 4:55PM

A former Chinese student artist who was in Australia when the pro-democracy protests kicked off, remembers the Tiananmen Square massacre. Read more

Strict security marks Tiananmen date

04 Jun 2009, 1:31PM

China is imposing a security clampdown to stop any event marking the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests. Read more

Timeline: The Tiananmen Massacre

04 Jun 2009, 11:10AM

Here are the main events that lead up to the Tiananmen Square massacre, sparked by the death of a Communist reformer. Read more


Police crackdown on Tiananmen anniversary

Police made their presence felt in Tiananmen Square. (Getty Images)

04 Jun 2009, 8:39PM

China's police force has enforced a major crackdown on Chinese and foreign tourists on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre.
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China stays firm on Tiananmen verdict

04 Jun 2009, 6:22PM

China remains firm on its verdict on the Tiananmen protest and its aftermath, the foreign ministry said, 20 years after the bloody army crackdown. Read more

Anniversary sparks call for human rights reforms

04 Jun 2009, 3:49PM

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has encouraged China to improve its human rights record on the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. Read more

Protests outside Chinese consulate

Sydney Tiananmen protesters (AAP)

04 Jun 2009, 12:53PM

Protests have begun outside the Chinese consulate in Sydney to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Migrants look back on Tiananmen crackdown

Chinese migrants look back at what happened in their country in 1989. (SBS)

04 Jun 2009, 11:44AM

Some of the Tiananmen Square protesters migrated to Australia. SBS talks to some of them about the historic events of 1989.
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Key figures in Tiananmen massacre

Chinese army (Getty Images)

01 Jun 2009, 11:23AM

The following are brief profiles of the 10 people - students, politicians and others - who played key roles in the drama that unfolded in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
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China cracks down on internet cafes

China internet cafe (Getty Images)

28 May 2009, 7:25PM

China will launch a crackdown on unapproved Internet cafes, ahead of two politically sensitive anniversaries.
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