China expresses "strong dissatisfaction" with a U.S. statement urging the government to free protesters imprisoned after the 1989 crackdown near Tiananmen Square. full story ![]()

A photo of China's first lady singing to troops in Tiananmen Square appears on the net - and is swiftly removed by the Chinese.
sky.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

John Simpson, the BBC’s celebrated foreign affairs editor, (pictured in Tiananmen Square) has revealed how he has waded into personal conflicts of his own while reporting from China and Iraq.
dailymail.co.uk (4 days ago)

The image was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet.
yahoo.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
Past as military propaganda singer complicates first lady's emergence as icon of softer China
abcnews.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
Four months before the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, a woman fired a gun in China's National Art Gallery -- all in the name of art.
cnn.com (9 days ago)
ibtimes.com (1 month and 26 days ago)

A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese …
azstarnet.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week.
miamiherald.com (1 month and 26 days ago)

Mark Stone, a correspondent for Sky News, was speaking to viewers live from Tiananmen Square when he was detained by Chinese police. The correspondent and his cameraman were brought to a room for questioning. Remarkably, Stone was able to continue broadcasting live from a police van and the room where he was taken. He speculated that the police must have thought he was...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 11 days ago)
BEIJING (AP) — A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week.
boston.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
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