Commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre

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While China faces global isolation in a post-Covid world, 4th June commemorates the 31st anniversary of one of the bloodiest events of modern Chinese history – an event that has been censored from public memory in China.

Curiopedia

1. The Goddess of Democracy was a 10-meter-tall statue created during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. The statue was constructed over four days out of foam and paper-mâché over a metal armature. Since its destruction, numerous replicas and memorials have been erected around the world, including in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Vancouver.

2. The Tiananmen Papers book is presented as a compilation of selected secret Chinese official documents relating to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The documents used in the book are said to have been made available by a Chinese compiler under the pseudonym Zhang Liang. Speculations about the authenticity of the book have nevertheless been fervent, as the editors were never given the actual physical documents, but rather a reformatted version of the material.

3. The June 4th Museum is a museum commemorating the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 that occurred in Beijing, China. The museum is located in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.

Curated Coverage

1. Britannica – Tiananmen Square incident

2. BBC – Tiananmen Square: What happened in the protests of 1989?

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