The Chinese practice of Falun Gong has a relatively short but already important history. Its specific history is a mere ten years old, however, the ideas and practices it is based on have a history that stretches throughout the entire history of the Chinese civilization. The practice of different ...

Confusing the Truth On the nights of June 3-4, 1989, it can be accurately stated that there was a bloody, ugly incident in the streets of Beijing in which many people lost their lives. The facts of this incident, however, are greatly disputed and questioned. Differing reports from students, citi...

One of the first things that come to mind about human rights in China would most likely be the Tiananmen Square massacre, where in 1989 hundreds of student protestors lost their lives to the People's Republic of China. The bloody body of a dead student removed from the street right after the T...

The Tiananmen Square Massacre: The World's Response to One of China's Most Embarrassing Events In the spring of 1989 in Beijing, China tens of thousands of student protesters lined the streets surrounding Tiananmen Square and filled the square itself. The reasons for their pro-democracy...

The day after the American plane bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, our core teacher took an entire period telling us how bad the United States was, and how we should never bow down to them. Every student in my class including myself was furious. One year after, the tragedy was written in our...

(written for june 3rd of 2003) Fourteen years ago to this day a tragic event took place in China, especially for the people that had invested so much time trying to gain more freedom. The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a smack in the face for the pro democratic nationalists in China. Months of pr...