The people’s revolutions of 1989 were not the unalloyed success for the cause of freedom and democracy that was claimed for them at the time, writes Geoffrey Roberts

In 1989 China had a choice between three different political models but disruption in other nations left just one option, writes Minxin Pei.

Hundreds of people braved the rain and marched in downtown Hong Kong today to commemorate the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy protests in Beijing 18 years ago.

The Chinese government may have to re-examine its justification for the Tiananmen massacre, a victims' group has said.