China is being rocked by the worst civil protests since those that culminated in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. In this explainer, Daria Impiombato, an analyst at ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre, interviews Vicky Xiuzhong …
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Today marks the grim milestones of 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine and 33 years since the People’s Liberation Army massacred students in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. We must support the Ukrainian people as they …
Why is Beijing so ‘out and proud’ in using its power in ways that conflict with others’ interests, break international law and breach treaty commitments? Since 2015, we’ve seen Xi Jinping’s government build military facilities …
Originally published 4 June 2019. In the immediate aftermath, I was unwilling to speak about my experience of Tiananmen. In Beijing, where I stayed until the end of 1990, there was no need to talk …
The crisis in Hong Kong appears to be careening towards a devastating climax. With China’s government now using rhetoric reminiscent of that which preceded the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters—and, …