Zhou, 75, who has been retired for more than a decade, received a call from the university on Dec. 28, firing him from his post.
“I said I’m retired, so how can I be fired?” Zhou, who currently lives in the United States.
“Just doing it by phone like that was a bit much; who are they trying to humiliate?”
Authorities in Hong Kong have shut down a museum commemorating the anniversary of the military massacre of civilians in early June 1989 that ended weeks of student-led protests on Tiananmen Square and across China.
As the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) clamps down on dissidents ahead of Friday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, younger people living in mainland China are largely unaware of the momentous events of the spring of 1989.
对老一代香港人来说，六四就是中国近代历史中其中一个苦难，不过未曾见证六四的年轻一辈，或认爲六四离他们很远，甚或批评支联会每年举办的烛光晚会“行礼如仪”。今年六四，是国安法立法后首个六四。经历反送中运动、民主派人士遭大抓捕、支联会屡次被打压，港青开始反思六四在现今后国安法的意义。
1989年6月4日凌晨，中国政府下令戒严部队对赤手空拳举行和平抗议示威的青年学生和北京市民实施武力镇压，造成几百甚至几千无辜民众的死亡。此后每年6月4日中国政府都高度戒备，严防民众为六四死难者举行悼念活动。特别在香港，《港区国安法》实施将近一年后，首次遇上六四周年纪念日
邹幸彤：我们现在已经出现因悼念六四而坐牢的政治犯。我还是看到很多香港朋友走出来，尤其在六四这件香港人良知底线的事情上，不少朋友透过街站（即政治摊位）传播悼念六四的信息。大家都还没有放弃，尽管打压是那么严重，我们当然也不会放弃 ，坚持在六四有悼念活动。
据中国维权网消息，获刑十一年的浙江民主人士吕耿松最近传出其健康状况恶化。
报道指出，吕耿松在狱中被诊断出胆囊坏死，有6颗牙齿牙髓坏死，不能进食。4月10日其亲友前去探望时，发现其非常怕冷怕风，虽然已经入春，但仍然裹着厚厚的衣物。吕耿松曾多次申请保外就医，但一直遭到拒绝。
More than three decades after the massacre on the night of June 3-4, the Tiananmen Mothers’ victims group has called on the administration of President Xi Jinping to make public ruling Chinese Communist Party records from that time, and explain the chain of events that led to the deaths of their loved ones.
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan are believed to be holding dissident and 1989 pro-democracy movement veteran Chen Yunfei for marking the anniversary of a massacre of civilians in Beijing on June 4, 1989.
Friends of Chen’s said he has been incommunicado a couple of days ahead of Thursday’s anniversary
Relatives of those who died in the 1989 massacre that ended weeks of mass, student-led protests on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square have been awarded a Women of Courage Award by the State Department on the anniversary of the June 4 crackdown.
The Tiananmen Mothers, who represent the families of victims, many of whom are the elderly bereaved
Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have searched the home of detained rights activist Zhang Wuzhou after she opposed plans by Beijing to impose draconian sedition legislation on Hong Kong.
Zhang was held after she posed for photos at Guangdong’s Baiyunshan scenic area on the 31st anniversary
美国白宫6月4日（星期四）晚间发布新闻稿，新闻稿说，1989年在天安门广场上的中国学生遭屠杀惨案，是不会被遗忘的悲剧。白宫敦促中国当局纪念六四死者，公布关于六四镇压的全部真相，包括六四死者以及因六四失踪与被监禁者的详细报告。白宫发言人Kayleigh McEnany表示，中国共产党当局对手无寸铁的民众屠杀是一场悲剧，不会被忘怀。