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Part 2 – Chai Ling: Last will and testament – Famous last interview given to Phillip Cunningham by Chai Ling May 28th 1989
Written by Diane Gatterdam A petite sun-bronzed woman wearing a stained white tennis shirt and dusty beige trousers sits next to me in the back of the taxi, grimacing as if in pain, weeping quietly to herself. Named to the … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Liu Xiaobo, Philip Cunningham, Tiananmen Square incident, Wu'er Kaixi
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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
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
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 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
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
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 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 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
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
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 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
