Li also inspected a psychological warfare unit at Huchingtou, Liehyu, where he saw off a balloon carrying materials showing the free bastion of Taiwan's warm support for the pro-democracy movement on the China mainland.
Because it was a state visit, the Chinese government insisted on a formal arrival ceremony in Beijing. We usually conduct these ceremonies on the White House South Lawn, and the Chinese usually conduct theirs in Tiananmen Square. Bill and I debated whether we should attend a ceremony in Tiananmen Square, where Chinese authorities had used tanks to forcibly suppress pro-democracy demonstrations in June of 1989. Bill didn’t want to appear to endorse China’s repressive tactics and violations of human rights, but he understood the square’s importance over centuries of Chinese history and agreed to respect the Chinese request.
2009 January 8, Ian Ransom, “Chinese Internet operators apologize for lewd content”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 25 May 2022, Internet News:
Analysts have linked the campaign to broader efforts to stifle dissent ahead of sensitive political dates this year, especially the 20th anniversary year of the government’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square in 1989.
Families and supporters of the Redshirt protesters in Thailand handed in a letter to the London embassy yesterday calling for an end to the killings and suppression of pro-democracy campaigners.
One reason neo-Maoists have regained some traction in public debate (and why pro-democracy activism continues to ferment) is that although China has lifted itself from poverty, corruption and socio-economic inequality have reached levels that would make good King Zhao weep.
While there were no official commemorative events for the icon of political reform, whose death sparked the 1989 pro-democracy movement and subsequent military crackdown, the anniversary was marked in a memorial in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi province.
2020 October 27, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Yuda Masayuki, “Thailand protesters query German embassy on absent king”, in Nikkei Asia[6], Nikkei Inc, retrieved 2020-10-27:
Pro-democracy demonstrations in the Thai capital saw Germany's embassy become the focus Monday as the throngs of protesters gathered in front of the mission asked Berlin to investigate whether King Maha Vajiralongkorn is inappropriately conducting state business on German soil.
If states and state legislatures are supposed to be the place where democracy happens — and that itself is debatable — then these facts are a real challenge for the pro-democracy case against Roe.
2023 February 23, “Algeria dissolves pro-democracy group amid wider crackdown”, in AP News[8], archived from the original on 2023-02-23[9]:
Algerian authorities on Thursday dissolved a decades-old pro-democracy group that participated in the peaceful protests which helped force the North African country’s long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from office in 2019.
The question now is not only whether the protesters can keep their movement alive through the coming weeks, but also whether they will prove able to build a true pro-democracy movement, expanding its aims beyond this bill to address Israel’s other long-standing deficits.
2023 May 14, Nikkei staff writers, “Thailand election latest: Opposition Move Forward, Pheu Thai coy on coalition”, in Nikkei[12]:
a general election campaign focused on whether the pro-military camp should remain in power or pro-democracy opposition groups should take the reins.
2019 November 18, Patrick Wintour, “China accuses Britain of taking sides on Hong Kong protests”, in The Guardian[13]:
Liu accused pro-democracy protesters of creating trouble in front of the Chinese embassy in London last week, painting Hong Kong independence slogans on on both sides of the gate, as well as pushing the territory’s justice minister, Teresa Cheng, to the ground.
On the 33rd anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, Taiwan has emerged as one of the last places in the Chinese-speaking world remembering the deaths of thousands at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, after authorities banned such demonstrations in Hong Kong.
Sixteen prominent pro-democracy activists are charged with “subverting state power,” which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, and 31 others who have already pleaded guilty will be sentenced at the trial’s conclusion.
2023 May 29, Jessie Pang, Justin Fung, “Seven plead guilty at start of Hong Kong legislature storming trial”, in Reuters[20], archived from the original on 2023-05-29[21]:
A closely watched trial involving 13 people who stormed Hong Kong's legislature during pro-democracy protests in 2019 began on Monday with seven people pleading guilty to a rioting charge.
