This year marks the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square “June 4th” massacre that occurred in Beijing, China in 1989. For 37 years, the Chinese Communist Party has been covering up the truth of the events that took place back then. Recently, commemorative events have been held in various parts of the world, calling on people to resist the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party.
The “June 4th Incident,” also known as the 1989 Democracy Movement, refers to the democratic protest movement initiated by Chinese university students in mid-April 1989, which lasted for nearly two months, spreading from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to the whole of China. In the early hours of June 4th, the Chinese Communist Party deployed the military and armed police to carry out a massacre of unarmed young students and citizens on Tiananmen Square. According to unofficial estimates, the Chinese Communist Party shot and killed thousands to tens of thousands of people. This event is also known as the “Tiananmen Square Massacre of the Communist Party.”
Epoch Times has compiled information on some of the activities that have taken place before the publication of this report today (more events are scheduled for the evening of June 4th).
On June 2nd, hundreds of members of the New York Branch of the Chinese Democratic Party organized a grand “Commendation of the 37th Anniversary of June 4th Anti-Violence” parade in Midtown Manhattan, New York. People shouted slogans such as “Never Forget June 4th,” “Blood Debts Must Be Repaid in Blood,” and “Communist Party Get Out of the United States, Get Out of China, Get Out of the Earth,” expressing their unbearable feelings towards the rule of the Chinese Communist Party.
In addition, the Chinese Democratic Party has announced that on June 7th (Sunday) afternoon, a large commemorative rally and parade will be held in the bustling Chinese community of Flushing, New York. Multiple democracy movements and organizations, including the China Alliance, Beijing Spring, Chinese Women’s Rights, “1989 Generation” magazine, Christian Justice League, Free Democratic Party, Overseas Human Rights Lawyers Alliance, and the Care for Taiwan Veterans Center will collectively participate in this event, with the theme “Refuse to Forget, Fear No Intimidation, Stand Up Young People!”
On June 1st, the Beijing Spring magazine, the China Democratic Unity Alliance, and the China Democratic Party held a joint event in Flushing, New York, commemorating the 37th anniversary of June 4th, the 60th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, and an international situation symposium. Many democracy leaders, eyewitnesses of June 4th, scholars, lawyers, veteran media figures, political commentators, and others reviewed the political situation in China and the experiences and lessons of the Chinese democratic movement since 1989 and looked forward to the future.
On May 17th, the Christian Justice League held a photo exhibition of June 4th near the Flushing Library, denouncing the bloody repression of the democratic movement by the Communist Party in June 4th, 1989, and urging everyone to unite to end the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party. The photo exhibition has been on display near the Flushing Library every Sunday since May 10th, continuing until June 7th (Sunday).
The “Pillar of National Mourning” giant banner was displayed near the Flushing Library on May 24th.
The “Pillar of National Mourning” sculpture, created by Danish sculptor Gao Zhihuo to commemorate the victims of the 1989 “June 4th” massacre, depicts distorted, agonizing bodies struggling due to the violent repression of the Chinese Communist Party, symbolizing the blood and indomitable spirits of the deceased students. The prototype of the sculpture was forcibly removed by the Hong Kong authorities in 2021. However, democracy groups have printed the image of the sculpture on a 9-meter-long and 3-meter-wide banner, which is often displayed at events commemorating June 4th.
On May 31st, the China Democratic Party International Alliance organized a “Democracy Tank” motorcade parade in the Chinese area of Los Angeles, calling on overseas Chinese not to forget the massacre committed by the Chinese Communist Party 37 years ago. On the same day, the China Democratic Party International Alliance held a gathering in front of the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles to commemorate the victims of June 4th.
On the evening of May 30th, the Visual Artists Guild held a “Tiananmen Incident” 37th Anniversary Commemorative event and Annual Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles, honoring the justice defenders who have upheld their conscience and continued to speak out against political pressure from the Chinese Communist Party and paying tribute to them.
On May 30th, the China Democratic Party Central Committee, the U.S.-based All-America Student Association, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, and other groups organized a rally and parade in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the June 4th anti-violence movement. Many people chanted slogans like “Never Forget June 4th! Overthrow the Chinese Communist Party!”
On June 1st in the morning, the “June 4th Memorial Committee of New Zealand” held a “June 4th Atrocity Photo Exhibition in Aotea Square in the center of Auckland City.
At 2 p.m. on June 1st, the “June 4th Memorial Committee of New Zealand” held a “Commemoration of the 37th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre” seminar at the Ellen Melville Centre in the center of Auckland City. Many attendees reflected on the 1989 “June 4th” student movement and the suffering experiences of the Chinese people under Communist rule, aiming to commemorate the victims and expose the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party.
In the evening of June 1st, a candlelight memorial ceremony was held in front of the “June 4th Memorial Monument” at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in the center of Auckland City.
On the night of May 30th, the Greater Toronto Association in Canada held a “Freedom Music Concert and Candlelight Commemoration Evening” at North York Raiseman Square, commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, attracting hundreds of people from various ethnicities to attend.
In Taiwan, 31 Taiwanese and international civil society organizations, including the Chinese Democracy Academy Association, the Civil Judicial Reform Foundation, and the Taiwan Human Rights Promotion Association, held a press conference on May 29th at the Legislative Yuan to announce this year’s series of June 4th commemorative activities. With the theme “Memory Knows No Borders, Resistance Knows No Boundaries,” these civic groups aim to connect memory and action through photography exhibitions and candlelight vigils, urging society not to forget the June 4th incident and to face the impact of the Chinese Communist Party’s transnational repression on democracy and freedom, highlighting the responsibility of all members of civil society to stand up against the Chinese Communist Party.
This year’s “June 4th” commemoration event in Taiwan was held at the National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on June 4th, featuring not only a democracy market but also a candlelight vigil. Furthermore, the “Return to The Square: Us After June 4th” photography exhibition has been on display at Mochi Coffee in Taichung since May 13th, and the “Reflections of Light: Noises of Freedom” human rights photography exhibition is currently on display at the central corridor of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall until June 10th.
The Reunification Party and Taiwan America Party held a memorial event on May 24th on Kedagran Boulevard. Yuan Hongbing, who witnessed the bloody massacre of June 4th, recounted the inhuman crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party since its inception, calling on the Chinese people to bring the CCP’s tyranny to a just trial. He warned that unless the tyranny of the CCP faces a trial of justice, the curse of billions of wronged souls would become a “permanent judgment” on the conscience of the Chinese people.
The Vancouver Association for the Support of the Democratic Movement held a series of public events from May 31st to June 4th to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident.
The UK held an online forum, and gatherings to commemorate were held in Reading, Newcastle, and other locations.
On June 3rd, various democracy groups held the 2026 Global Network Video Conference on “Commemorating the 1989 Democracy Movement, Building Constitutional Democracy – The 37th Anniversary Commemorative Conference of ‘June 4th’,” with the main venue set up in Brussels, Belgium.
On June 3rd, a 37th-anniversary commemorative event, candlelight vigil, and photo exhibition were held at the Waseda Empress Garden in Tokyo. Uighur Khaki, a leader of the Tiananmen Square movement, stated that the United States has begun adjusting its policy towards China, and Japan should follow suit, urging Japan not to remain stuck in a mindset that prioritizes economic interests but to stand at the forefront of defending freedom, democracy, and human rights.
On the evening of June 4th, various cities in the UK, the US, Australia, Germany, and Taiwan had planned related commemorative events.
In Hong Kong, for over thirty years, the annual June 4th massacre commemorative events have attracted hundreds of thousands of participants. The Hong Kong authorities used the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic to ban the annual candlelight vigil in 2020 and 2021 and forced the organizers of the candlelight vigil, the Hong Kong Alliance, and its sub-organization, the June 4th Memorial Hall, to close in 2021. Since 2022, Victoria Park, the traditional venue for the candlelight vigil, has hosted a “Patriotic Food Fair” (or “Hometown Market Carnival”) before and after the anniversary date. The police have also prevented Hong Kong people from commemorating “June 4th.”
On June 3rd, performance artist “Sanmu” Chen Shisen was intercepted by plainclothes police when he attempted to tie a 6.4-meter-long red rope to a utility pole in Causeway Bay; artist Chen Meitong was also intercepted and searched while holding hydrogen balloons shaped like “?” outside Sogo Department Store at around 7 p.m.; and Tang Yuk-chun, former Standing Committee member of the now-dissolved Alliance, silently recited the names of the 202 June 4th victims listed in the memorial register outside the home market at Victoria Park football field on the evening of June 3rd, then left for Causeway Bay MTR Station, followed by police along the way.
According to the “Chaser” report, the candlelight in Victoria Park has been temporarily extinguished, but the torch has not stopped being passed on overseas. Overseas Hong Kongers living around the world have recently taken turns holding commemorative events to commemorate June 4th, while also mourning the Hong Kong that can no longer be mourned.