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In this May 30, 2019, photo, a computer screen shows web content from outside China including a clip of Chinese singer Li Zhi singing his song "The Square" with the lyrics "Now this square is my grave" and his social media site in Beijing on. Li is an outspoken artist who performs "folk-rock." He sang pensive ballads about social ills, and unlike most entertainers in China, he dared to broach the taboo subject of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests that ended in bloodshed on June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Li Zhi, singer, missing as China cracks down on Tiananmen Square anniversary

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In this May 30, 2019, photo, a computer screen shows web content from outside China including a clip of Chinese singer Li Zhi singing his song &quot;The Square&quot; with the lyrics &quot;Now this square is my grave&quot; and his social media site in Beijing on. Li is an outspoken artist who performs &quot;folk-rock.&quot; He sang pensive ballads about social ills, and unlike most entertainers in China, he dared to broach the taboo subject of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests that ended in bloodshed on June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Artists who’ve dared to broach Tiananmen pushed into shadows

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