Illustration: Adolfo Arranz

30 years on from Tiananmen Square crackdown, why Beijing still thinks it got it right

Three decades have passed since the Tiananmen Square crackdown when troops fired on student-led pro-democracy protesters
The shots were heard around the country and reverberate today despite persistent official censorship of the events

Topic | Tiananmen Square crackdown 30th anniversary

Jun Mai

Published: 11:00pm, 19 May, 2019

Updated: 6:27pm, 3 Jun, 2019

Illustration: Adolfo Arranz

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Jun Mai

Jun Mai is an award-winning journalist covering China's political and social news. He writes about China's elite politics, general policies and social activism. He is currently based in Beijing.