"Tiananmen Square Remembered: New York City Offers Refuge and Exhibits Amid Crackdown"

A new exhibit in New York City, called the "June 4 Memorial Exhibit," remembers the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protest in China. The exhibit features items collected by Fangsuo Zhou, who left China after the crackdown and now lives in New Jersey. The Chinese government has sought to erase reminders of what happened at Tiananmen Square, including monuments, memorials, and statues. The exhibit aims to keep the memory of the uprising alive and counter the Chinese Communist Party's attempt to erase historical memory. The exhibit is housed in midtown Manhattan to make the history more accessible to the broader population.