China’s Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown

[1/2] A man stands passively to block a column of army tanks on Changan Avenue east of Tiananmen Square in Beijing in this June 5, 1989 file photo.The tanks did not slow down, but they did turn around him before taking up position in another part of the city. Tanks rolled into the square before dawn on… Read more June 4 (Reuters) – Sunday is the 34th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people. The event remains a taboo topic of discussion in…