Picture Past: June 5, 1989, Tiananmen Square

1989: A democracy protestor faces down a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Both China and the West have distorted the truth about the Tiananmen Square protests and the massacre that followed

By focusing on the student protests in Tiananmen Square Western liberals ignore the bigger tragedy

Pic of the Day: Job frenzy in Beijing

Job seekers crowd stalls at a job fair in Beijing, China

Fit for a queen

Aman at the Summer Palace, Beijing

The best photography from the Beijing Olympics

Striking images from China's Olympic Games

Liu: China's tragedy

Liu Xiang's exit from the Beijing Games is a crushing blow to China's 1.3bn people

New shape of Beijing

China's dramatic new look for the 2008 Olympics

Save the hutong

The site of a hutong being demolished to make way for a modern development in Beijing, China

China’s boys in blue

How they train the men guarding the Olympic torch