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Man casts shadow over US-China talks
April 30, 2012 | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC

Chinese Dissident Hu Jia Released from Prison
June 26, 2011 | Newsy.com

Thousands in Hong Kong mark Tiananmen crackdown
June 04, 2011 | Agence France-Presse

Tiananmen Square Wikipedia Information

Tiananmen Square is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. It has great cultural significance as a symbol because it was the site of several key events in Chinese history (See below: Events). Outside of China, the square is widely known for the...

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From around the web

Charles Krauthammer: While Syria burns
April 27, 2012 | indystar.com
By what logic does the moral legitimacy of U.S. action require the blessing of a thug like Vladimir Putin and the butchers of Tiananmen Square? Our slavish, mindless...

Fang Lizhi, Chinese Physicist and Dissident, Dies at 76
April 07, 2012 | New York Times
Mr. Fang's advocacy of economic and democratic freedoms shaped the brief era of student dissent in China that ended with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and his exile. ...

News Analysis: Bo Xilai's Ouster Exposes Chinese Fault Lines
April 06, 2012 | New York Times
The ouster of Bo Xilai, the party chief in Chongqing, points to possibly the most serious division in the party elite since the leadership upheavals during the 1989 Tiananmen Square ...

China: Man sets fire to himself in Tiananmen Square
November 16, 2011 | reddit.com: what's new online
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Cycling Season's Last Lap
October 04, 2011 | Podium Cafe
Including the famed Bird's Nest Stadium -- Tiananmen Square circuit, which I think I walked in 1994, and have the black lung to prove it. Stages 2 - 4 venture into the...

Eugene Robinson: China shows its two faces
December 03, 2011 | indystar.com
Visitors to Tiananmen Square must pass through security checkpoints, and nobody is likely to try smuggling in a protest sign, much less a tent. The vast, wind-whipped plaza is...

Tiananmen Square on twitter

	Omfg this is a law and order episode of a woman who was killed becos she recognized a man who caused tiananmen square Twitter: @cinn4m0n
	CI on USA: 'Chinoiserie' - Detectives suspect a Chinese immigrant was shot dead by someone she recognized from the 1989 Tiananmen Square m.. Twitter: @doinkdoink
	RT @mrszoomby: RT @zhangwhart “Those who should die still live; those who should live have died.” http://t.co/ln1XX66t #novelines #romance... Twitter: @rossmkitson
	RT @kakigatel: KakiGateL Destination: #TianAnMen Square - http://t.co/vZ63f4Wt Twitter: @whoa_luthfi
	RT @zhangwhart “Those who should die still live; those who should live have died.” http://t.co/ln1XX66t #novelines #romance... Twitter: @mrszoomby
	The Montreal student protests, less than two weeks away from the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square non-event...it makes me think. Twitter: @kat_law