Chow Hang-tung, founder of a now-defunct group that once organized the city's annual vigils to commemorate victims of the CCP's 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, was charged in 2021 with inciting subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law.

The sensitive date in question appears to refer to June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Pro-democracy activists held activities commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Monterey Park city, Los Angeles, on May 28. 

That hope, the House lawmakers noted, was “crushed” by the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Continuing the agreement, they argued, would be “at odds with American values” and would legitimize “a regime actively working against those principles.”

The CCP had learned from the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre how to better conceal its attacks on Chinese citizens, force submission, and demonise a group it wants to eradicate.

It surpasses the purge following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when Beijing ousted Zhao Ziyang, then-general secretary, along with another Politburo member who showed sympathy for pro-democracy student protesters.

Jens Galschiot—sculptor of the "Pillar of Shame" artwork that commemorated the Tiananmen Square Massacre and was forcibly removed from the University of Hong Kong in 2021—also participated in the exhibition with his work "Stand with Hong Kong."

(Right) A lone Chinese man blocks a line of tanks heading east on Beijing’s Avenue of Eternal Peace during the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 5, 1989.

An MSS agent tasked Tang with photographing and recording local protests against the CCP, including a 2023 event in Manhattan commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, according to a court filing.

The National Security Bureau accused her and others of posting anonymously on a social media page, using the "upcoming sensitive day," meaning the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, 1989, to incite netizens to organize or participate

His writings covered topics deemed by the Chinese regime to be sensitive, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in 2014 and 2019, and detailed guides teaching the Chinese public how to bypass the regime’s internet

Square massacre on June 24, 2024.

Her father fled a one-party state after participating in the pro-democracy protests that ended in the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. He chose the United States deliberately.

Fang also told Apple Daily reporters that he is saddened by the young generation of Chinese who do not know the truth about the Tiananmen Square Massacre: "I am living evidence that army tanks were sent to chase us down and kill us.

Feng Congde, who was a Tiananmen Square protest leader in 1989 before the Tiananmen Square Massacre, said that Sun’s vision remains relevant. “The 1911 Revolution was the beginning of China’s democratic movement,” he said.

(STR/AFP/Getty Images) These early activities unfolded at a time when Beijing was facing intense international condemnation and diplomatic isolation in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989.

A previously unseen video recording of a Chinese general’s secret military trial for refusing to carry out orders during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has surfaced online in the past few days, offering a unique look into one of the most sensitive

And then when Tiananmen Square happens, and China’s relations temporarily cool with the United States, he reaches out to Beijing. He supports the Tiananmen Square massacre. 

The assault occurred as Falun Gong practitioners held a rally near the popular tourist spot, exposing the Chinese regime’s human rights abuses ahead of the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

After the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, RFA was established under the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to make facts available to Asian countries that had limited access to unrestricted media.

Tightened Control Banned material that has serious “political problems” under the CCP’s rule usually refers to content addressing the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, the Hong Kong protests that were squashed by the Chinese regime in 2019, the suppression

DeepSeek has also been accused of censoring responses to political questions, such as ones regarding the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. When asked about the massacre, the app stated, "Let's talk about something else.”

The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Taiwan’s de-facto independence status, as well as the CCP’s oppression of Tibetans, persecution of Falun Gong, and genocide campaign against Uyghurs are some of the topics that face heavy censorship in China.

Play Commemorates June 4 Tiananmen Square Victims

“On this day in 1989, the Chinese Communist Party killed thousands of Chinese citizens in the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The next day, as tanks approached the Square, one man courageously stood in their path,” he wrote.

On June 4, hundreds of people from various groups gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

Zhang Heli joins a memorial to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre at Auckland's Aotea Square, New Zealand, on June 3, 2024. (Courtesy of Zhang Heli) CCP's Oppression Mr.

Square massacre.

When asked about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when Chinese forces violently suppressed pro-democracy protests, leading to an unknown number of deaths, DeepSeek avoided the question.

Hu’s death in April 1989 triggered student marches on Tiananmen Square, which eventually led to mass pro-democracy protests and the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4 that year.