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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 25th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Thursday May 25th 1989, the Autonomous Federation of Students sent 5 teams of students to various places around the country to network, the first headed by Wu’er Kaixi, had already … Continue reading
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Tagged Chai Ling, Chen Ziming, Li Peng, Philip Cunningham, Tiananmen Square incident, Wan Li, Wang Juntao, Wu'er Kaixi
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 23rd 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Tuesday May 23nd 1989, the State Security Ministry reported on the situation in the Square, stating that only about 10,000 students were still sitting in, a majority of them from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bao Zunxin, Li Peng, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Wang Juntao, Yuan Mu
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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
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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 20th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Saturday May 20th 1989, it was a hot, sultry day, and the day that Beijing was placed under martial law. All forms of public protest would be banned, all journalist … Continue reading
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Tagged Chai Ling, Li Peng, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Zhao Hongliang
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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 18th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Li Peng vs Wu’er Kaixi! (I believe that Kaixi wins by a long shot!) Twenty-three years ago on this day Thursday May 18th 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev leaves Beijing and with his exit went the protection the … Continue reading
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Tagged Li Peng, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Chaohua, Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi, 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 10th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Wednesday May 10th 1989, over 10,000 students and activists rode bicycles and pedi carts into downtown Beijing, stopping to rally at the headquarters of each of Beijing’s major media outlets. … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Chen Xitong, Hu Qili, Li Peng, Li Ximing, Rui Xingwan, Tiananmen Square incident, Wan Li, Wu'er Kaixi, Yan Mingfu, Zhao Ziyang
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 8th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Monday May 8th 1989, no one was pausing for a breath. Every day, around the clock, the meetings went on. Student leaders, both moderate and radical, met to ponder their … Continue reading
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Tagged Li Peng, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Xiang Xiaoji, Zhang Ziyi
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