China Restricts Access to Tiananmen Square on Anniversary of Pro-Democracy Protests

The 1989 protests were a defining moment in Chinese history, but Beijing enforces silence.

AP/Chiang Ying-ying
Hundreds of participants attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square at Taipei, Taiwan, June 4, 2023, to mark the 34th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. AP/Chiang Ying-ying

On the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Sunday, Chinese authorities tightened access to the iconic square at central Beijing. Military suppression of the 1989 pro-democracy protests left an unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations are forbidden within the country.

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