New York Times' Reporting in 1989

In 2008, while preparing for the book Standoff at Tiananmen, I went through the archives of New York Times and read through its reporting during the period of student movement in 1989. A daily summary was published in this blog at that time. They are now listed here as a "table of contents," with each post containing one or more links to the actual NYT reports in it. All dates below are for 1989 while the titles are that of my own summaries, not NYT articles or necessarily their intent.

• 3/21: Economics and Tibet
• 3/23: Power War at the Top
• 3/29: Wei Jingsheng's Anniversary in Prison
• 3/30: No Amnesty

• 4/2: China's Economic Reform, So Far
• 4/4: Li Peng Rejects the Soviet Example
• 4/5: The Charm of Comrade Gorbachev
• 4/6: Second Thoughts on Reform
• 4/7: Taiwan's First Official Delegate to Beijing
• 4/8: Open Letter Signature Gatherer Deported
• 4/9: Professor Salary and a Dissident's Release
• 4/12: Christianity in China
• 4/13: Hu Yaobang Hospitalized
• 4/15: Hu Yaobang Died
• 4/16: Dissidents' Lives in the Early 1980s
• 4/16: First Mention of "Democracy Salon"
• 4/17: So it Starts, with a Smashed Little Bottle
• 4/18: Memorial Turns into Protest
• 4/20: From Tiananmen to Xinhuamen
• 4/20: Protest at Xinhuamen, Again
• 4/21: China's Date with Destiny
• 4/22: Hu Yaobang's Funeral
• 4/23: After the Funeral
• 4/24: Students Start to Organize
• 4/25: The Banning of the World Economic Herald
• 4/26: The Infamous People's Daily Editorial
• 4/27: Gathering Storm
• 4/28: A Glorious Day of Protest
• 4/30: A Dialogue with Officials

• 5/1: Emerging Student Leaders
• 5/2: Gearing up for May Fourth
• 5/4: Students' Ultimatum for Dialogue
• 5/4: Students' Ultimatum Rejected
• 5/5: Recapping the Wide-Spread Demonstration
• 5/6: Press Freedom in May
• 5/7: Tactics and Sincerity of Students
• 5/10: Journalists Speak Up
• 5/11: Students Bike to Support Jouranlists
• 5/12: Waiting for Gorbachev
• 5/13: Protesting against "Satanic Verses" of China
• 5/14: The Eve of Gorbachev's Visit
• 5/15: Hunger Strike Took the Center Stage
• 5/17: Sino-Soviet Summit
• 5/17: Zhao Ziyang's Disclosure
• 5/19: Millions are in the Square
• 5/19: Focus on the Hunger Strikers
• 5/21: Martial Law
• 5/21: Residents Block Troops
• 5/22: Second Day of Martial Law
• 5/23: Rumors are Flying
• 5/24: Reading the Tea Leaves
• 5/25: Power Struggle Continues
• 5/26: Li Peng Appears on TV
• 5/27: Threat of a Crackdown
• 5/28: Students Talk about Withdrawing
• 5/29: Global Demonstration
• 5/30: Goddess of Democracy
• 5/31: The Beginning of the End

• 6/1: A Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse
• 6/2: Tyson vs. Foreman
• 6/3: Military on the Move
• 6/4: Crackdown
• 6/5: The Day After
• 6/6: Man Against Tank
• 6/7: Government's Death Toll Estimation
• 6/9: Turmoil Continues
• 6/9: Li Peng Reappears
• 6/10: Scapegoating Fang Lizhi
• 6/11: Massive Arrests in Beijing
• 6/12: A Famous "Rumor-Monger"
• 6/13: Fang Lizhi's Status
• 6/15: Zhai Ziyang's Crime
• 6/15: Two Student Leaders Arrested
• 6/15: 21 Most Wanted
• 6/16: Death Sentences in Shanghai
• 6/21: Death Toll Reassessed