China has dismissed reports that retired President Jiang Zemin, who led the country through massive changes after the crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement, has died.

The last-known prisoner jailed for hooliganism in resisting the Chinese government’s crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement has been released ahead of the 20th anniversary of the suppression, a human rights group claimed.

A record 1.7 million Hong Kongers turned out today for an election that sent a fresh contingent of pro-democracy opposition politicians to the legislature.

More than 100 dissidents and family members of jailed activists have appealed to Chinese leaders to release all political prisoners.