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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 28th 1989, Beijing China – Part 1
Written by Diane Gatterdam Sign Reads: NO END Twenty-three years ago on this day Sunday May 28th 1989, leaflets were handed out in the Square calling for another hunger strike. Chai Ling spent the day in a state of nervous … Continue reading
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Tagged Chai Ling, Han Dongfang, Li Jinjin, Li Lu, Philip Cunningham, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 27th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Saturday May 27th 1989, a summit meeting of movement leaders and intellectuals was held outside the Square. Chai Ling finally relented and agreed that the student’s cause would be best … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Feng Congde, Jiang Zemin, Li Lu, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Wang Juntao, Zhang Boli
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 24th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Wednesday May 24th 1989, at 1:30 100,000 students lead by Chai Ling took a pledge in front of the Monument. The oath went as follows: “To promote the motherland’s democratization, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chai Ling, Feng Congde, Li Lu, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Zhang Boli
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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 21st 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Sunday May 21st 1989, it was clear that most of the troops had been prevented from reaching the heart of Beijing and this news gave a great sense of euphoria … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Feng Congde, Li Lu, Li Peng, Tiananmen Square incident, Yang Shangkun
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 19th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-one years ago on this day Friday May 19th 1989, at 4:00 am in the morning, Zhao Ziyang, who for so many years had faithfully followed the dictates of the Party decided to break Party discipline, … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Feng Congde, Han Dongfang, Li Lu, Li Peng, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Chaohua, Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi, Xiang Xiaoji, 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 13th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Saturday May 13th 1989, at noon the two hundred students from Beida signed up for the hunger strike and were invited by their professors to have their last lunch. People … Continue reading
