11.06
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Macao
On November 6, the Macau Court of First Instance sentenced 69-year-old former pro-democracy legislator and long-time organizer of June 4th memorial activities, Au Kam-san, to 12 years and 6 months in prison on charges of subversion of state power, colluding with foreign organizations to endanger national security, and violating confidentiality. This is the first national security criminal case since Macau's sovereignty handover. Au was arrested in July 2025 and tried behind closed doors in September this year. His family questioned the restrictions on his choice of legal counsel, and Human Rights Watch criticized the case for violating due process.
11.03
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
A netizen posted that their roommate needed to submit political vetting materials for their parents to apply for CCP membership, with one section requiring them to fill in their parents' performance during the 'June 4th turmoil'. The roommate, not understanding what this meant, asked Doubao (a product under ByteDance) and received the reply: 'I cannot answer this question.'
10.14
·Developing
·Importance III
·Sources 1
On October 14, 2026, Beijing time, the X account @clashreport released a secret interview recording allegedly from a survivor of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. In the recording, the interviewee describes scenes of the military firing on civilians, including the deaths of children, and states that people viewed the government as "barbaric" and "inhumane." The tweet received 16 likes and 4 retweets.
10.10
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On October 10, a user posted a screen recording of the game Minecraft on Douyin, questioning why NetEase's chat system flags the number “64” as a violation when other players can send it normally.
10.05
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·海外
On October 5, a TikTok blogger uploaded a number meme video; after comments that appeared to allude to 64 showed up in the comment section, it was blocked, and neither the video nor the account could be searched.
10.05
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On October 5, a Douyin blogger uploaded a number meme video titled "68 and Its Two Goblin Neighbors." Comments suspected of alluding to June Fourth appeared in the comment section, after which the comment section was blocked, and neither the video nor the posting account could be found.
10.03
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On October 3, a netizen posted that QQ Music was offering premium numbers for 68 yuan. Screenshots showed numbers from 19890601 to 19890603 and 19890605 on sale, with only 19890604 — corresponding to June 4, 1989 — missing, suspected to have been blocked due to censorship.
10.01
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Beijing
During the National Day holiday on October 1, TF Family trainee Yang Bowen posted a video of night-riding to Tiananmen in Beijing. It was deleted shortly after a fan member account reposted it; netizens speculated that the scene of cycling to Tiananmen evoked the famous footage of young people cycling to Tiananmen during the 1989 June Fourth student movement.
09.30
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Zhejiang
On September 30, a netizen in Zhejiang posted a video of a handmade model tank made to welcome National Day, with the words "Long Live the Chinese Communist Party" written on its side; some netizens in the comments section covertly alluded to the 1989 June Fourth incident through combinations of number-based idioms and comments such as "Deng Nian."
07.15
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·美国加利福尼亚州埃尔蒙特
Chris Smith and John Moolenaar jointly wrote to the Acting Attorney General, asking to investigate whether the vandalism of the June Fourth Memorial Museum involves transnational repression by the Chinese government, and to strengthen coordination between federal and local law enforcement.
06.04
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·Taipei City, Taiwan
On June 3, 2026, on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth incident, the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong continued to be banned under the Hong Kong national security law, while overseas Hong Kongers and Taiwanese civic groups held a large-scale June Fourth memorial evening in relay at Liberty Square in Taipei.
06.04
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On June 4, the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth incident, a netizen posted that three people spent a total of 192 yuan on a meal, but a WeChat group payment of 64 yuan could not be transferred, leaving them to eat the loss themselves, and complained that the Commies were making a big fuss.
06.01
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Beijing
On June 1, 2026, the Beijing Public Security Bureau formally notified the June Fourth victims' family group, the Tiananmen Mothers, that they are strictly forbidden from visiting Wan'an Cemetery on June 4 to mourn their killed relatives, changing a convention of many years and marking the first time in over 30 years that the victims' families have been completely banned from holding a public memorial.
05.31
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Los Angeles
Ahead of the June Fourth anniversary, the June Fourth Memorial in Los Angeles, California, was broken into and vandalized by unknown individuals. Multiple exhibits, walls, and display spaces were spray-painted, and the museum management has reported the incident to the FBI and Congress.
2007.06.04
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·Chengdu, Sichuan
On June 4, 2007, the Chengdu Evening News published a classified advertisement paying tribute to the strong mothers of the June Fourth victims, after which three editors were fired.