Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary Chinese authorities have suppressed efforts to commemorate the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. This action is part of an ongoing campaign to remove the event from public consciousness. The government’s move indicates a further tightening of control over public memory.

• Chinese authorities stopped efforts to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
• This action is part of a campaign to erase the event from public memory.
• The crackdown involved a military response to student-led pro-democracy protests.