A Hong Kong court has sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison in the first case brought against the relative of a pro-democracy activist wanted by the city's authorities under a national security law.

The 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday for most Chinese.

Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit.

Members of the U.S. Congress say the ruling Chinese Communist Party that sent in tanks against peaceful student protesters 35 years ago in the heart of Beijing is as ruthless and suppressive today as it was in 1989.

Security in Beijing is tight around Tiananmen Square as China marks 35 years since a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders.

Top Chinese financial officials have outlined details of the ruling Communist Party's plans for the year, saying a 5% target for economic growth is within reach after a strong start to the year.

China has tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests.

Hong Kong police have detained eight people on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown.

An online snafu involving China’s most popular e-commerce livestreamer and a cake decorated to look like a tank has raised questions among some Chinese over the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

Heavy police force has patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.

Beijing's Winter Olympics remind us of how everything in China is big, bigger — and even bigger.

The U.S. Olympic top doctor says all of the 200-plus athletes heading to Beijing for the Olympics next month are fully vaccinated, and not a single one asked for a medical exemption.

Universities in Hong Kong are removing memorials to the bloody suppression of the 1989 Chinese pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has paid respects at a commemoration for those who died in the struggle to establish Communist Party rule as he leads a drive to reinforce patriotism and single-party authority.

China's leader Xi Jinping has attacked calls from some in the U.S. and its allies to limit their dependency on Chinese suppliers and block the sharing of technologies.

China is marking the centenary of its ruling Communist Party this week by heralding what it says is its growing influence abroad, along with success in battling corruption at home.

Chinese authorities have closed Beijing’s central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party.

Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man” on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Hundreds of people have gathered near a Hong Kong park despite a ban on an annual candlelight vigil to remember the deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and the arrest earlier in the day of an organizer of previous vigils.

A Hong Kong museum commemorating China’s deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests has closed as the ruling Communist Party tries to stamp out the last traces of public discussion of the event.

Hong Kong authorities for the second year have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil commemorating the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

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Pan-democratic legislators observe one minute of silence for the 31st anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown before a Legislative Council meeting to debate national anthem bill in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 4, 2020. On the anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown, Hong Kong continued debating a contentious law that makes it illegal to insult or abuse the Chinese national anthem. That came after authorities in Hong Kong took the extraordinary move of canceling an annual candlelight vigil in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory for the first time in 30 years. Hong Kong has had relatively few cases of the virus and life has largely returned to normal in the city of 7.4 million. Pompeo tweeted criticism of China and Hong Kong for banning the vigil before meeting privately with a group of Tiananmen Square survivors at the State Department.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. Pompeo tweeted criticism of China and Hong Kong for barring a vigil to mark the anniversary before he met privately with a group of Tiananmen Square survivors at the State Department. Trump and Pompeo last week said Hong Kong is no longer autonomous and will be stripped of its preferential trade and commercial status. "For the first time in 30 years, Hong Kong authorities denied permission to hold the #TiananmenVigil. So much for two systems.The Hong Kong vigil draws a huge crowd to an outdoor space every year.