Organizers say nearly 2 million marched in record Hong Kong protest
Hong Kong (dpa) - Nearly 2 million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to rally against a controversial extradition bill on Sunday, organizers said, in the largest protest since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997. The figure was announced on Sunday night as thousands of people remained on the streets of Hong Kong, filling major highways and stopping traffic in the government district. Sunday's protest is even larger than a similar one held last weekend when organiz
Thirty years later, Tiananmen Square survivors seek truth, change
Thirty years ago on June 4, the Chinese army opened fire on student protesters in Tiananmen Square. The government has attempted to erase the "incident" from history, but victims and some perpetrators are keeping the memory alive. Beijing/Taipei (dpa) – Fang Zheng recalls the students' withdrawal from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the morning of June 4, 1989, as peaceful. A few thousand students had sat overnight around the Monument to the People's Heroes, in the square, foll
