In 1989 Beijing's Tiananmen Square became the focus for large-scale protests, which were crushed by China's Communist rulers. The events produced one of the most iconic photos of the 20th Century ...

News about Tiananmen Square, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Imagine the headline: “Xi Jinping Apologizes for the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Acknowledges Chinese Communist Party Made Mistakes, and Promises Full Reparations.” Sadly, China won’t be ...

Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, and on March 8, 2025. (Source photos by Reuters and Tomoki Mera) KENJI KAWASE. June 4, 2025 16:25 JST. Updated on June 5, 2025 11:04 JST.

DeepSeek has captured the world's attention, but the chatbot doesn’t want to talk about what happened at Tiananmen Square. Here’s how the seminal protests in 1989 shaped modern China.

In China, speaking about what happened in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, or commemorating the massacre, is forbidden. The history of the massacre has been erased.

On June 4 people across the globe, including within China, commemorated the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre. Between June 3-6, 1989, the People’s Liberation Army indiscriminately ...

The Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 is believed to have taken as many as 10,000 Chinese lives. The massacre took place amidst student protests expressing their disgruntlement over the slow ...

View CNN’s Tiananmen Square Fast Facts for more information about the events in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989.