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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 22nd 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Monday May 22nd 1989, the waiting game between the students and the government dragged on and the morale of the students started to plummet, and a growing number of students … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Deng Xiaoping, Feng Congde, Li Lu, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Chaohua, Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi, Zhang Boli, Zhao Ziyang
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 17th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Wednesday May 17th 1989, with more than 2 million people in and around the square, a planed tour for Gorbachev to the Forbidden City had to be cancelled and his … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Chen Zhen, Deng Xiaoping, Li Lu, Ma Shaofang, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi, Xiang Xiaoji, Yan Jiaqi, Zhang Boli, Zhao Ziyang
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 16th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Tuesday May 16th 1989, Deng Xiaoping met with Gorbachev inside the Great Hall of the People bringing the long-sought normalization of Sino-Soviet relations. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of people from … Continue reading
23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 15th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam WELCOME MR. GORBACHEV!!!! Twenty-three years ago on this day Monday May 15th 1989, the dramatic Sino-Soviet reconciliation was scheduled to begin with a grand ceremony in Tiananmen Square at 4:00 PM. Gorbachev was to be greeted … Continue reading
23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 4th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Thursday May 4th 1989, tens of thousands of students from 51 campuses marched on Chang’an Boulevard and into Tiananmen Square. The students set out from their campuses about 8:00am and … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Deng Xiaoping, May Fourth Movement, Tiananmen Square incident, Zhao Ziyang
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – April 28th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Friday April 28th 1989, many students that marched the day before to Tiannamen knew it was a slap in the face to Deng Xiaoping and his allies. “It was as … Continue reading
23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – April 27th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Thursday April 27th 1989, students from 40 universities surged out of the campus gates and with banners announcing their colleges and academic departments, poured into the streets. Thousands of homemade … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Deng Xiaoping, Feng Congde, Qin Benli, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi, Yang Shangkun
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – April 26th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Wednesday April 26th 1989, the Peoples Daily published the damming speech made by Deng Xiaoping in a front-page editorial titled “Uphold The Flag To Clearly Oppose Any Turmoil.” Attempting to … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Deng Xiaoping, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – April 25th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day, Tuesday 25th 1989, with Zhao Ziyang on a state visit to North Korea, Li Peng called a meeting of the Politburo, a meeting dominated by Party members antagonistic to the … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chen Yizi, Deng Xiaoping, Li Peng, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Wu'er Kaixi, Zhao Ziyang
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