The enduring image of a lone man confronting Chinese tanks has come to stand for the bloody showdown between thousands of protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and hardliners in the Communist ...

A quarter-century ago today, thousands of people were massacred in and around Beijing’s main square, Tiananmen. If you’re a millennial born just before or after the massacre, you likely know little or ...

China’s leaders have tried to erase all record of what happened in the Tiananmen Square massacre—but the country's legacy is contradictory. Over the course of six weeks in 1989, Chinese students and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ding Zilin can't forget -- or forgive. In the darkness of June 3, 1989, her only son, then 17, was shot in the back and ...

On the 25th anniversary of the massacre that broke up pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, China's government is quashing many attempts to mention the fateful date, with heavy ...

BEIJING It's still quietly referred to as "the anniversary" here. If you search for the words "Tiananmen Square" on the Internet in China, you likely won't find anything. Even on Weibo, China's ...

EXCLUSIVE: As civic unrest continues, there is clearly a shift in culture. Protests are part of progress and give a voice to a voiceless and there is a rich history from all around the world when it ...

To reclaim the legacy of Tiananmen for emancipatory ends, we must release it from Cold War politics and place it in a longer, larger history of struggle. Pro-democracy protesters filled Tiananmen ...

A visitor to the June 4 Memorial Hall in Hong Kong watches a video of Chinese tanks rolling into Beijing's Tiananman Square during the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on May 23, 2014 More ...

From Mexico City's Zócalo to Rome's Piazza Navona, public squares have always been a vibrant part of urban life. After visiting Italy a few years back, editor Catie Marron began thinking about the ...