La matanza de Tiananmen, 25 años después
A combination of pictures shows (top) a file picture taken on June 6, 1989 showing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) tanks guarding a strategic Chang'an Avenue leading to Tiananmen Square and (bottom) cyclers and vehicles passing the same spot 25 years after on May 29, 2014 in Beijing. China's vast censorship machine does its utmost to wipe the slightest reference to the Tiananmen crackdown from books, television and the Internet, scrubbing the issue from public discussion and even from the minds of its younger generation. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / MANUEL CENETA / FILES
A Beijing citizen stands in front of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace in this June 5, 1989 file photo during the crushing of the Tiananmen Square uprising. June 4 marks the 25th anniversary of the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Picture taken June 5, 1989. REUTERS/Stringer/Files (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)
A combination of pictures shows (top) students from Beijing University staging a demonstration on Tiananmen Square as they start an unlimited hunger strike as part of mass pro-democracy protests against the Chinese government on May 18, 1989 and (bottom) people walking on the same spot 25 years after on May 29, 2014 in Beijing. China's vast censorship machine does its utmost to wipe the slightest reference to the Tiananmen crackdown from books, television and the Internet, scrubbing the issue from public discussion and even from the minds of its younger generation. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / FILES / CATHERINE HENRIETTE