Tiananmen quiet on anniversary of protest crackdown
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Beijing's Tiananmen Square was quiet on Monday, the 18th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, while a rights group said people were still behind bars for supporting the protests.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent   outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of   independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears   any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.
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HONG KONG (AP &#151; Chinese President Hu Jintao avoided the thorny issue of democracy in Hong Kong as he arrived Friday for weekend commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the former British colony's handover to China.
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Protesters returned to the streets of central Yangon on Thursday, undeterred by reports of security forces killing several monks as Myanmar's generals tried to end the biggest anti-military uprising in nearly 20 years.
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Hundreds of mourners braved police  checks Saturday to attend a low-key invitation-only funeral for  Zhao Ziyang, the Chinese Communist Party chief purged for  opposing the army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
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NANJIE, China -- The sky is still black when the village loudspeaker blazes the revolutionary song "The East Is Red." A three-story-high statue of Chairman Mao looms over a square flanked by giant portraits of the socialist all-stars: Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin.
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China's lawmakers are ignoring unusually strong pro-independence remarks from the Taiwanese president, saying Monday that any response will only encourage him.
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China's leadership collectively decided to crack down on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989, the oldest daughter of late Chinese supreme leader Deng Xiaoping said Sunday.
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BEIJING -- China held a tightly controlled memorial for Zhao Ziyang today, barring dissidents and reporters from a government cemetery as relatives mourned the former Communist Party leader who was ousted in 1989 after sympathizing with democracy activists.
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Thousands queued at Beijing's Mao   Zedong Mausoleum on Saturday for a glimpse of the embalmed   corpse of the former Great Helmsman on the 30th anniversary of   his death but Chinese state media kept coverage of the event   low-key.
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Poland's president on Wednesday led muted ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by communist-era authorities as prosecutors pushed ahead with a case against the former leader who imposed it.
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Despite hopes that hosting the Games would prompt an easing on human rights, dissidents say they've seen no sign of a change
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Germany marked a subdued 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, weighed down by high unemployment in the formerly communist east and a sense that in peopleâs hearts the nation has not yet fully reunited.
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Poland's president on Wednesday led muted ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by communist-era authorities as prosecutors pushed ahead with a case against the former leader ...Comment
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Democracy activists scuffled with police in Hong Kong on Saturday as they sought to air their grievances with Chinese President Hu Jintao, visiting the former British colony on the 10th anniversary of its return to China.
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Analysis: Beijing's extensive economic interest in Burma doesn't provide leverage to change the regime's behavior, but it does give China an incentive to resist sanctions. And Beijing has shown little tolerance for  mass protest on its own soil
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China kept a close eye on dissidents Sunday, a sign of the government's unease over potentially widespread mourning over the death of ousted Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, who fell from power for sympathizing with pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989.