Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests
To reclaim the legacy of Tiananmen for emancipatory ends, we must release it from Cold War politics and place it in a longer, larger history of struggle.
Jun 3, 2024 / Yangyang Cheng
How #MeToo Divided NYC’s Chinese Democracy Movement How #MeToo Divided NYC’s Chinese Democracy Movement
The Chinese diaspora community is in turmoil over sexual-misconduct lawsuits, involving members of the Tiananmen Square generation and the younger white-paper generation.
May 24, 2024 / Rong Xiaoqing
The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers
China’s labor-led protests modeled a more ambitious kind of politics than the one crafted by the Tiananmen student liberals.
Jun 3, 2022 / Promise Li
The Forgotten Workers of Tiananmen Square The Forgotten Workers of Tiananmen Square
The 1989 massacre didn’t just end China’s democracy movement. It ushered in a new era of US-inspired worker suppression.
Jun 4, 2020 / Tobita Chow
Surviving Tiananmen: The Price of Dissent in China Surviving Tiananmen: The Price of Dissent in China
Remembering the Tiananmen Movement is not just about repression—it’s about hope.
Jun 4, 2019 / Rowena He
How Will China Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Cultural Revolution? How Will China Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Cultural Revolution?
Authorities now see it as a dangerously chaotic period, and they attack other youthful protest movements as resembling the turmoil caused by the Red Guards.
May 11, 2016 / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
‘All You Want Is Money! All I Want Is Revolution!’ ‘All You Want Is Money! All I Want Is Revolution!’
Before the Tiananmen Square massacre, everyone loved China; now everyone loves the renminbi.
Nov 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Liao Yiwu
What Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Can Learn From History What Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Can Learn From History
Hong Kong’s democracy movement stands at a crossroads.
Sep 12, 2014 / Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Denise Y. Ho
Could China’s Labor Unrest Spark Another Tiananmen Moment? Could China’s Labor Unrest Spark Another Tiananmen Moment?
China has changed a lot in twenty-five years, but there are still valuable lessons to be learned from the Tiananmen protesters.
Jun 9, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen
The Nation published one of the few accounts of what actually happened in Tiananmen Square twenty-five years ago.
Jun 3, 2014 / Back Issues / Steven Hsieh