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Showing posts with label Li Lu (李禄). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Li Lu (李禄). Show all posts
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Pictures of 1989: Tiananmen Square and Peasants Demonstration on May 31, 1989

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Chai Ling (center), Li Lu (second from right), and Feng Congde (right) with supporters from Hong Kong. The Monument of People...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Former Student Leader Visited China Briefly

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Zhou Fengsuo (周锋锁), a former 1989 student leader, managed to sneak into China at the 25th anniversary. He paid a brief visit to the Tiananme...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

A Life In Drift: Review of Chai Ling's Autobiography

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More than 20 years after being one of the most visible leaders in the 1989 Chinese student movement, Chai Ling finally published her aut...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Li Lu No Longer Candidate to Succeed Buffett

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Wall Street Journal today reported that Warren Buffett has "tapped a little-known hedge fund manager as the leading candidate to succ...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Li Lu Is In China

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Two of the richest people in the world, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, are currently in China on a high profile business/philanthropy visit. ...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Li Lu Reported in Line to Succeed Buffett

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The usually reclusive Li Lu is suddenly in the news and this time it's the headline-grabbing kind. Wall Street Journal speculated today...
Monday, June 1, 2009

This Day in 1989, June 1, Chai Ling Kidnapped, Liu Xiaobo Prepares Hunger Strike

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The biggest news of the day, June 1, 1989, was that student leaders Chai Ling and Feng Congde were kidnapped by their own fellow students in...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 30, Goddess of Democracy Unveiled

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In the morning of May 30, 1989, the tenth day of martial law, the stature of Goddess of Democracy was unveiled in Tiananmen Square . The t...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Book Excerpt: Chai Ling's "Last Word" Interview

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The following excerpt is from my book Standoff at Tiananmen , chapter 11 , describing Chai Ling's videotaped interview on May 28, 1989. ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Book Excerpt: May 27, 1989

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The following excerpt is from my book Standoff at Tiananmen , chapter 11 , describing the events of May 27, 1989, which in retrospect became...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 26, Students Vote to Continue Occupying Tiananmen Square

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Along with the new Headquarters for Defending Tiananmen Square , Li Lu had organized a new student parliament in the Square as a deliberate...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 21, Li Lu Stages his Wedding at Tiananmen Square

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After failed to enter the city two nights earlier, the martial law troops stayed put on their routes surrounded by students and residents. O...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Book Excerpt: Ending the Hunger Strike

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The following excerpt is from my book Standoff at Tiananmen , chapter 10 , describing how the hunger strike finally came to an end. The Hu...
Monday, May 18, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 18, Premier Li Peng Meets with Students

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Tiananmen Square looked different on May 18, 1989. The hunger strike was poised to enter its sixth day, but the messy hunger strike camp wa...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 17, Millions March to Support Student, Targeting Deng Xiaoping

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When the students launched their hunger strike at Tiananmen Square five days ago, they had dreamed that their suffering could wake up the c...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 16, Hunger Strike Continues amid Sino-Soviet Summit

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Back on May 16, 1966, a directive from the Party Central launched the decade-long turmoil of Cultural Revolution in China. But on this day i...
Friday, May 15, 2009

This Day in 1989: May 15, Gorbachev in Beijing, a New Headquarters Forms

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On May 15, 1989, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev landed in Beijing. A small welcoming ceremony was held at the airport and his motorcade had to dodge...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

This Day in 1989: April 29, First Dialog between Leaders and Students

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One of the biggest demands by students in their demonstration was to have an equal dialogue with the government. Indeed, dialogue with the m...
Monday, April 27, 2009

This Day in 1989: April 27, the Day of Glorious Protest March

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April 27, 1989 is arguably the most glorious day of the 1989 student movement. On this day, hundreds of thousands of college students in Bei...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Li Lu Appears in Fortune Report

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Li Lu, one of the key leaders in the 1989 student movement, has been largely staying out of the media limelight in more recent years. He mad...