On that night from 3 to 4 June 1989, it must have been difficult to get an overview of the situation on the pitch, which is larger than 55 football pitches. "Washington Post" reporter Matthews wrote that many foreign journalists had been expelled from the square and had been in other parts of the city. Confusing conditions prevailed, like in a civil war.

The main problem with the investigation, however, is that the Chinese leadership hardly wants to address the events to this day. Participants, relatives and eyewitnesses are threatened and persecuted. Every year in the weeks leading up to June 4, the authorities tighten the measures. By means of intensified surveillance and house arrest, they prevent contact with journalists. This is how Christine Adelhardt experienced it when she wanted to shoot a documentary for the 25th anniversary in 2014 as an ARD correspondent in Beijing at the time.

(German translation of a Tagesschau article)

Among those who organize, plot or carry out the scheme of subverting the State power or overthrowing the socialist system, the ringleaders and the others who commit major crimes shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years; the ones who take an active part in it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years; and the other participants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.

Whoever commits the crime as prescribed in Article 103, 104 or 105 of this Chapter in collusion with any organ, organization or individual outside the territory of China shall be given a heavier punishment according to the provisions stipulated in these Articles respectively.

excerpts from articles 105 and 106 of the chinese criminal code

Revolution Of Our Times

As you probably know, China democratized after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre galvanized the public to topple the government.

In 1992, the young democracy's first General Election was held and won in a landslide by the newly formed Liberal Party.

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On Monday, some citizens of Hong Kong attempted to leave bouquets of white flowers outside of a metro station in order to mark the anniversary of an important night of the movement, but they were quickly removed by the policeforce.

Last week, there was an outcry when an oppositional lawmaker was arrested and accused of "rioting" in another important incident of July 2019 where he was wounded and subsequentially hospitalised.

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Tiananmen Square on the 4th of June 1989

Liberal Party wins first Congressional Election

China's first ever democratic election has been won by the reformist Liberal Party, achieving a vote share of 42% and securing the plurality in all provinces.

While it is clear that the Liberal Party will play a key-role in the government that is about to be formed, it is still uncertain what other parties will be part of the governing coalition. Political scientists see a coalition between the Liberal Party and the Democratic Union as the most likely result, though nothing is set in stone yet.

This also means a historic loss for the Chinese Communist Party, going from controlling 86% of the seats in the National People's Congress to now just 14%.

第七條 憲法修正

(一) 本憲法僅得依全國人民代表大會之決議而進行修改，該決議應明文變更或補充本憲法條文內容。

（二）全國人民代表大會所作之憲法修正決議，須經全國人民代表大會三分之二多數通過，並獲得聯邦州、自治區及自由市地方議會過半數之同意

（三）全國人民代表大會通過憲法修正決議後，該決議須先於一次公民投票中獲得簡單多數支持，方得具有法律效力。該次公民投票應由全體共和國公民享有投票權，並設有四十八小時之投票期限。

客自海外归，曾见沙漠古国

有石像半毁，唯余巨腿

蹲立沙砾间。像头旁落，

半遭沙埋，但人面依然可畏，

那冷笑，那发号施令的高傲，

足见雕匠看透了主人的心，

才把那石头刻得神情唯肖，

而刻像的手和像主的心

早成灰烬。像座上大字在目:

“吾乃万王之王是也，

盖世功业，敢叫天公折服！”

此外无一物，但见废墟周围，

寂寞平沙空莽莽，

伸向荒凉的四方。

(chinese translation of Percy Bysshe Shelley' poem "Ozymandias")

夜，街道，路燈，藥局，

毫無意義的昏暗燈光。

至少再活四分之一世紀——

一切都會如此。沒有出路。

你會死——你會從頭開始

一切都會重複，一如既往：

夜，運河冰冷的漣漪，

藥店，街道，路燈。

(chinese translation of Alexandr Blok's poem "Night-Street-Lantern-Drugstore"

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

(excerpt from the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

The protests were precipitated by the death of pro-reform Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Hu Yaobang in April 1989 amid the backdrop of rapid economic development and social change in post-Mao China, reflecting anxieties among the people and political elite about the country's future. The reforms of the 1980s had led to a nascent market economy that benefited some people but seriously disadvantaged others, and the one-party political system also faced a challenge to its legitimacy. Common grievances at the time included inflation, corruption, limited preparedness of graduates for the new economy, and restrictions on political participation.

(excerpt from the wikipedia article about the Tiananmen Square Massacre)

Tiananmen Square on the 17th of May 1989

A brave man attempts to stop four panzers, his only weapon being the briefcase he was carrying with him. The man's name remains unknown to this day.

Hong Kong’s Political Crisis Deepens After the Worst Day of Violence in Decades

Amid worsening political tensions, hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets of Hong Kong’s financial quarter from lunchtime Wednesday in a spontaneous demonstration of anger at the shooting of an 18-year-old protester during the enclave’s worst unrest in more than 50 years.

(exceprt from an article of The Time)

Tiananmen Square incident

The catalyst for the chain of events in the spring of 1989 was the death of Hu in mid-April; Hu was transformed into a martyr for the cause of political liberalization. On the day of his funeral (April 22), tens of thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square demanding democratic and other reforms. For the next several weeks, students in crowds of varying sizes—eventually joined by a wide variety of individuals seeking political, social, and economic reforms—gathered in the square. The initial government response was to issue stern warnings but take no action against the mounting crowds in the square. Similar demonstrations rose up in a number of other Chinese cities, notably Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi’an, Changsha, and Chengdu. However, the principal outside media coverage was in Beijing, in part because a large number of Western journalists had gathered there to report on the visit to China by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in mid-May. Shortly after his arrival, a demonstration in Tiananmen Square drew some one million participants and was widely broadcast overseas.

(excerpt from a Britannica article)