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On April 15, 1989, following the death of Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a memorial held by students in Tiananmen Square quickly escalated into the largest democratic movement in Chinese history. From the night of June 3 to the early hours of June 4, CCP troops committed a ...
A young, pro-democracy protester has fled Hong Kong to seek asylum in the United Kingdom. According to reports, the 15-year-old girl, who goes by the alias Aurora, is the youngest known protester to have gone into exile. Aurora revealed that although she had been arrested by police for participating in the protest, she was able to ...
Thousands of school students across the world have been skipping classes over the past weeks, angry at the governments. Their demand? They want politicians to act on climate change. The protests were sparked by a 16-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, who camped outside her country’s parliament last August and accused the lawmakers of not honoring ...