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
Remembering Tiananmen Square Remembering Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square massacre remains shrouded in myth. This eyewitness report by a Human Rights Watch observer makes the horror plain.
Jun 2, 2009 / Feature / Robin Munro
Tiananmen at Twenty Tiananmen at Twenty
China has changed enormously since the 1989 massacre, but the Communist Party continues to deny what happened. Americans, too, continue to misremember a complex event.
May 27, 2009 / Editorial / Jeffrey Wasserstrom