1989 tiananmen square protests

By TED ANTHONY - AP National Writer He grinned, and — just eight years after the crackdown on democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square — the spectacle of China's ruler beaming and glad-handing people in…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Teresa Wright, California State University, Long Beach(THE CONVERSATION) Street protests across China have…

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen…

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen…

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the…

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the…

The organization had said that it was dissolving, citing a climate of oppression, and that it did not own the sculpture. The university was told to speak to its creator instead.When reached by The Associated Press, sculptor Galschiøt said…

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