Up there with Times Square, Red Square and St. Peter's Square, Tiananmen Square is among the world's most famous public spaces. Almost anyone can recognize the Gate of Heavenly Peace emblazoned ...

BEIJING — It was my second attempt in as many days to visit Tiananmen Square, and it wasn't looking good. When I tried the day before, a guard said I required an online appointment — and ...

In Tiananmen Square the ranks of protestors now ... Soon, the young man is whisked to the side of the road by an unidentified group of people and disappears into the crowd. To this day, who ...

The summer of 1989, when soldiers shot and killed hundreds and possibly thousands of demonstrators in Beijing’s historic Tiananmen Square, helped shape China into the security state it is today.

Its name means “gate of heavenly peace,” but in 1989 the iconic gate at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square overlooked a scene that was anything but peaceful. Earlier that year, the square had been ...