Hundreds of Chinese cities were involved in the student-led demos in 1989. The Guardian’s Lily Kuo discusses the uprisings outside of Beijing. Plus: Patrick Wintour on Saudi Arabia’s hand in Sudan’s military crackdown
Zhou Guocong who lived on the outskirts of Chengdu, China left home on 6 June 1989 and never returned. Since then, Zhou’s mother, Tang Deying, has been seeking redress for the death of her son. He was one of dozens believed killed in Chengdu as police moved to crush student protests, after Chinese troops did the same a thousand miles away in Beijing.
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