Chinese dissidents in New York open world's only Tiananmen museum

Visitors arrive for the opening of a Hong Kong Protest Pavilion and the new June 4th Tiananmen Memorial Museum in New York on June 2, ahead of the 34th anniversary of the1989 crackdown of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the "democratic dreams of the Chinese people," two days ahead of the 34th anniversary of the uprising's "brutal suppression."

"The events of 1989 had an impact on China but also on the entire world," said Wang Dan, founder of the tiny museum and a leading figure in the Tiananmen Square student movement.