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October lessons from China for Nigeria and the rest of Africa

This month serves an opportunity for Nigeria, and the rest of the continent, to study what the Asian giant has done right

June 4 marks 30 years since the Tinanmen massacre in China. (AFP)

Reporting from Tiananmen Square in 1989: ‘I saw a lot I will never forget’

June 4 marks 30 years since the Chinese government violently ended weeks of pro-democracy protests in the heart of Beijing

President Hassan Rouhani. (Alejandro Ernesto/AFP)

​2016: The year of the election ballot consultant

The doctors of spin are going to have a busy 2017 given the number of polls worldwide, writes Andrew Hammond.

Sin Wai-keung

​Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown – 25 years on

As Beijing seeks to quell discussion of the 1989 event, three protesters and an expert on politics discuss how the massacre has shaped today’s China.

Police cars block off the roads leading into Tiananmen Square as smoke rises into the air after a vehicle crashed in front of Tiananmen Gate.

China: Tiananmen crash might be suicide attack

Chinese authorities investigating what could be Beijing’s first major suicide attack have been searching for two men from Muslim-dominated Xinjiang.

June 4 marks 30 years since the Tinanmen massacre in China. (AFP)

China cracks down on Tiananmen anniversary

Police in China have beaten and detained political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the brutal crackdown of the Tiananmen democracy protests.

Chinese TV staff suspended for Tiananmen broadcast

Several staff at a Chinese TV station were suspended after footage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests slipped past censors and was broadcast.

China security tight in Tiananmen; US critical

Chinese police were out in force on Thursday to prevent commemoration of the crackdown on protesters around Tiananmen Square 20 years ago.

Web changes China, exile for Tiananmen leader

The internet has helped Wang Dan span the distance from his home in Los Angeles to Beijing, where 20 years ago he led the Tiananmen protests.

Tiananmen Mothers call for probe into bloody crackdown

Relatives of people killed when China crushed the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement have called for those responsible to be punished.

Beijing strikes at dissidents

China has launched a crackdown on a new network of political activists, writers and lawyers who have supported a bold new manifesto.

China lifts ban on Tiananmen websites

Websites on sensitive subjects are accessible in the Chinese capital as the authorities lifted more internet restrictions ahead of the Olympic Games.