BEIJING (AP) — Soldier-turned-artist Chen Guang was released Saturday, more than a month after he was detained ahead of the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on China's pro-democracy protests, his friend said.
Chen was among a dozen or so people detained by the government bent on preventing any commemoration of the bloody suppression that took place at Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989.
Beijing does not allow public discussions of the event and even discourages private conversations about it. The government also has tried to deter foreign media from covering the anniversary with threats of unspecified consequences.
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