China calls itself the People's Republic but its 1.2 billion citizens have so far had little say in running their country. However, with Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms and the rapid invasion of the information highway across China's borders, millions of Chinese, and particularly...

CHINESE POLICE detained 35 Western practitioners of Falun Gong who assembled yesterday in Tiananmen Square to protest against Beijing's brutal crackdown on the mystical sect. State media said the group, who posed as tourists before launching a brief prayer session, would be expelled...

Thousands left wounded, a countless amount of citizens dead, and a country with a damaged reputation. All these were the results of an unforgettable event, the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy riot of 1989.