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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 26th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Friday May 26th 1989, even though the square had been fairly quite these past few days, the feeling was of a standoff between the government and the students, nether knowing … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Chai Ling, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Dan, Zhao Ziyang
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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 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 7th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Sunday May 7th 1989, there was a general feeling of apathy among the students after May 4th. The students has successfully gathered in Tiananmen Square a number of times and … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Feng Congde, 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 6th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Saturday May 6th 1989, class attendance on some campuses was as high as 80%. At Beida it was only 50% because students were involved in a debate over whether to … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Xiang Xiaoji, Yang Shangkun, Zhao Ziyang
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23 Year Remembrance of Tiananmen Square – May 5th 1989, Beijing China
Written by Diane Gatterdam Twenty-three years ago on this day Friday May 5th 1989 students were elated that the march to Tiananmen the day before delivered a strong statement and went without incident. The Triangle at Beida. Beida University students … Continue reading
Posted in June Fourth, Under the Tree
Tagged Li Peng, Shen Tong, Tiananmen Square incident, Xiang Xiaoji, Zhao Ziyang
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