This year marks the 37th anniversary of the “June 4th” incident. Epoch Times has exclusively obtained over two thousand never-before-seen historical photos of the “June 4th” event, shedding light on those years that the Chinese Communist Party has tried to cover up and erase.
In the spring and summer of 1989, a student democracy movement that shook the globe ignited in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and quickly spread throughout China. Millions of students and citizens took to the streets to peacefully and rationally express their demands against corruption, and for democracy and freedom. However, the top-level Chinese Communist Party secretly mobilized a large number of regular troops, launching a comprehensive suppression of civilians with tanks and machine guns in the early morning of June 4th. According to unofficial statistics, the CCP shot and killed thousands to tens of thousands of people.
A former official photographer who was present at the scene meticulously documented this period of history, and the vast number of film rolls he captured remained hidden for 37 years. In the final stage of his life, this elderly man entrusted these precious photos to Epoch Times for public release, which include both color and black-and-white images, totaling over 2,000. Recently, the Chinese authorities have been threatening and harassing individuals they believe are associated with these photos, including Chinese and American citizens.
For 37 years, the CCP has continued to cover up and suppress the truth of the incident, smearing the peaceful demonstrations of the students as “counter-revolutionary riots” and denying for years the fact that the military opened fire on civilians. However, history will not disappear due to censorship.
To fulfill the dying wish of this elderly man, Epoch Times has for the first time publicly released this collection of “June 4th” photos that have been dormant for 37 years, guiding readers back to that sorrowful historical scene and reminding the world not to forget the CCP’s bloody massacre of its own people. The CCP continues to escalate its persecution and intimidation of innocent people today, including threatening Epoch Times staff not to publish these photos.
Two thousand never-before-seen photos of June 4th:
The 37-year-old dust-covered June 4th album,
Image Set 1,
Image Set 2,
Image Set 3,
Image Set 4,
Image Set 5,
Image Set 6,
Image Set 7,
Image Set 8,
Image Set 9,
Image Set 10,
Image Set 11