The Tiananmen Square protests,known in China as the June Fourth Incident were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square,Beijing,China,lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution,the Chinese government declared martial law on the night of 3 June and deployed troops to occupy the square in what is referred to as the Tiananmen Square massacre. The events are sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement,the Tiananmen Square Incident,or the Tiananmen uprising.
China News Service is the second largest state news agency in China,after Xinhua News Agency. China News Service was formerly run by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office,which was absorbed into the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2018. Its operations have traditionally been directed at overseas Chinese worldwide and residents of Hong Kong,Macau and Taiwan.
James Roderick Lilley was a CIA operative and an American diplomat. He served as United States ambassador to China from 1989 to 1991.
The Catholic Church in Hong Kong,established in 1841,is part of the worldwide Catholic Church,under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. All Catholics in Hong Kong are under the Diocese of Hong Kong,which is a de jure suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou. However,in practice it is an immediate subject of the Holy See.
Zhai Jun is a Chinese diplomat,who has served as China's Special Envoy on the Middle Eastern Issue since 2019. As of 2022,he was the incumbent in the position. Previously,he served as Deputy Foreign Minister from 2009 to 2014,and was appointed Chinese ambassador to France in January 2014,replacing Kong Quan.
The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the dispatched office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China to Hong Kong SAR in accordance with the Basic Law to handle foreign affairs related to the region. The main responsibilities of the Commissioner's Office are to coordinate Hong Kong's participation in international organizations and conferences,to deal with the application issues of international conventions in Hong Kong,to coordinate the establishment of consular offices by foreign governments in Hong Kong,and to undertake the visiting affairs of foreign state aircraft and warships to Hong Kong.
Jiang Yu is a Chinese diplomat who serves as the special representative for cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. She previously served as the spokesperson within the ministry,and as Chinese ambassador to Albania (2015-2018) and Romania (2019-2012).
Teodoro "Teddy Boy" Lopez Locsin Jr. is a Filipino politician,diplomat,lawyer,and former journalist who is currently serving as the Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom since August 30,2022. He previously served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Duterte administration from 2018 to 2022. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010,representing the 1st district of Makati and later served as the Philippine ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. He was the host of the editorial segment titled "Teditorial" for ANC's nightly newscast The World Tonight.
Derek James Mitchell is an American diplomat with extensive experience in Asia policy. He was appointed by President Barack Obama as the first special representative and policy coordinator for Burma with rank of ambassador,and was sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on October 2,2011. On June 29,2012,the U.S. Senate confirmed him as the new United States Ambassador to Burma. On September 4,2018,Mitchell succeeded Kenneth Wollack as president of the National Democratic Institute,a position he served until September 2023.
Foreign media institutions and correspondents were present for much of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. They included correspondents from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),Voice of America (VOA),Cable News Network (CNN),Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS),American Broadcasting Company (ABC),and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Others included correspondents from then British-controlled Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many of the correspondents were in China to report on the visit of Mikhail Gorbachev or were covering the Asian Development Bank meeting that was happening in Beijing. Foreign media coverage of the protests became a popular source for news after martial law was declared on May 20 and the government "imposed strict control over the Chinese media".
Qin Gang is a Chinese former diplomat and politician who served as the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from December 2022 to July 2023 and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
Vijay Keshav Gokhale IFS,born 24 January 1959,is a retired Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. Gokhale previously served as the Ambassador of India to China.
Robert William Forden is an American diplomat who served as the United States' Chargéd'affaires to China from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as the deputy chief of mission to the American Institute in Taiwan and the deputy chief of mission to the Embassy of the United States in Beijing. He is the current nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Cambodia.
Huang Xilian is a Chinese diplomat currently serving as Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines since December 2019.
Pradeep Kumar Rawat is an Indian diplomat.
Hideo Tarumi (垂秀夫) is a Japanese diplomat who served as the Ambassador to China,from November 2020 to December 2023.
Sun Haiyan is a Chinese politician who serves as the deputy minister of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party since June 2023. She previously served as the Chinese Ambassador to Singapore from May 2022 to July 2023.
