Keeping the memory of Tiananmen Square alive, 35 years after the massacre

Thirty-five years ago, troops opened fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The protesters had been gathering for months, calling for pro-democratic reforms, and soldiers killed hundreds, perhaps thousands during the crackdown to clear the square.

There's no official death toll. In China, speaking about what happened in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, or commemorating the massacre, is forbidden. The history of the massacre has been erased.

But outside of China, there are many Chinese people keeping the memory of Tiananmen Square alive. Yangyang Cheng is one of them. She's a research scholar and fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center. She's written about Tiananmen Square.