Yin Min held the ashes of her son and wept as she marked 25 years since he was killed in the crackdown by Chinese tanks and troops on protests at Tiananmen Square.

IN China’s first official response to Google’s threat to leave the country, the government yesterday said foreign internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over web censorship.

China spurned any hint of compromise today in its first official response to internet giant Google’s threat to leave the country over censorship.