Article: OLYMPICS ARRIVE TO JOY OF A NATION.(News)

Article: 1989 Tiananmen square massacre: twenty years ago this June, china's rulers sent the army to break up student protests calling for democracy hundreds, perhaps thousands, were killed in the crackdown.(TIMES PAST)
New York Times Upfront;  January 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ......appeared in Tiananmen Square, the 100-acre heart...had occupied the square for more than a month in defiance of China's Communist government...Soviet Union and China--was winding down...fact, the Tiananmen Square protests might have...hardliners backed by China's senior ...

Article: 1st Ld: China to step up Tiananmen Square security check ahead of Olympics
Xinhua News Agency;  July 30, 2008 ;     315 words ...1st Ld: China to step up Tiananmen Square security check ahead...July 30 (Xinhua) -- China will beef up its security measures atn Tiananmen Square as the number of tourists...announced on Wednesday. "The square will be open to the public...

Article: '1989 Tiananmen square massacre: twenty years ago this spring, China's army forced a bloody confrontation against peaceful student demonstrators.(World)
Junior Scholastic;  March 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ......appeared in Tiananmen Square, the 100-acre heart of Beijing, China's capital. For more...students had occupied the square in defiance of China's Communist government...the Soviet Union and China. Gorbachev's Role The Tiananmen Square protests might have...

Article: Tiananmen Square massacre stays China's dirty secret
The Press;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......another anniversary of China's crackdown on pro-democra...protests in Tiananmen Square approaches, the leadership...cable television in China is interrupted each time Tiananamen Square is mentioned. The...interpreted as negative to China is included in the...on the Tiananmen Square ...

Article: Asia. China. Sichuan. Chongqing. The square in front of the Remnim hotel is the venue at dusk and dawn for Tai Chi enthuisiasts. (LON37379)
Magnum Photos;  January 1, 2002 ;     168 words ......Photos 01-01-2002 Asia. China. Sichuan. Chongqing. The square in front of the Remnim...Beam of light Asia. China. Sichuan. Chongqing. The square in front of the Remnim...enthuisiasts. Asia. China. Sichuan. Chongqing. The square in front of the Remnim...

Article: The new, and improved, China awaiting Clinton.(President Clinton's visit to China is the first by an American president since the Tiananmen Square massacre)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  June 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ......around Tiananmen Square nine years ago...sought to demonise China as a Stalinist...the ways in which China is changing for...next to Tiananmen Square-that ''infamous...the box and get [China] off the hook on...crime and tackle China's overwhelming environmental...attendance at the ...

Article: Tian'anmen Square left with 40-ton garbage per day as people gatherfor China's National Day
Xinhua News Agency;  October 3, 2006 ;     345 words ...Tian'anmen Square left with 40-ton...people gather for China's National Day BEIJING...3 (Xinhua) -- As China's week-long National...sweep the Tian'anmen Square which received nearly...an area of 440,000 square meters, or about...special occasion. China's National Day falls...

Article: OLYMPIC GAMES: China celebrates with rare burst of genuine celebration Joy in Beijing after city is awarded the 2008 event leads to biggest street party since the Tiananmen Square demonstrations
The Independent - London;  July 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ......with the biggest street party China has seen since a million demonstrators packed Tiananmen Square in the most optimistic days...real party raging in modern China's political heartland. Peddlers...200 cheering regulars. "It's China's turn," he shouted. In one...Town. "Let the world know how ...

Article: Meeting at Tiananmen Square U.S., China to stop targeting each other for nuclear attack
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ......controversial Tiananmen Square and reached agreements...open, prosperous China, shouldering its...morning in Tiananmen Square, Clinton recited...minds as a symbol of China's bloody crackdown...cleared the massive square of the thousands...atmosphere. Also, China's arrest of ...

Article: CHINA. Beijing. Tian'anmen Square. 1989 May 17.Students ready to spend another night in the Square. (PAR88822)
Magnum Photos;  January 1, 1989 ;     117 words ......Magnum Photos 01-01-1989 CHINA. Beijing. Tian'anmen Square. 1989 May 17. Students...peking far east asia asia china beijing tien an men square continent continent chinese...amp; paris. may 1989. china. beijing. tian'anmen square. 1989 may 17. students...

Article: Twenty years on, the memory of Tiananmen Square hinders China in its global ambitions; As the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre approaches, David Williamson looks at how China has gone from international pariah to a superpower in waiting.
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ......DavidWilliamson MENTION China to a child in Wales...campaigners in Tiananmen Square. But 20 years ago...the power to make China's political establishment...to gather in the Square. In the days that...Gorbachev's visit to China seemed to signal...which stormed the square. The ...

Article: Straws in the wind. (a Jilin province court overturned the 'counter-revolutionary' convictions of four Tiananmen Square protesters, fueling speculation that China is softening its stance)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  June 7, 1997 ;     584 words ...EVEN inside China, officials acknowledge privately...around Beijing's Tiananmen Square is still officially defended...counter-revolutionary putsch. So readers of China's political tea-leaves took...prospect? The death in February of China's communist patriarch, Deng...fit of absent-mindedness in ...

Article: Taiwan says China has made little progress since Tiananmen Square crackdown
AP Worldstream;  June 4, 2004 ;     362 words ......marked the 15th anniversary of China's violent crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests Friday, accusing Beijing...Council, responsible for Taiwan's China policy. "The developments in China these years in the fields of...demonstrations in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, killing ...

Article: China must 'take responsibility'; China beefs up security on 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square slaughter as tens of thousands descend on city for candlelight vigil and international leaders urge nation to own up to its dark history.(NEWS)
Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario);  June 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Bodeen BEIJING -- China aggressively deterred...activists in Tiananmen Square. But tens of thousands...Clinton and Taiwan's China-friendly president...barred from the vast square as uniformed and...from entering the square to cover the raising of China's national flag...streets ...