Standoff At Tiananmen

How Chinese Students Shocked the World with a Magnificent Movement for Democracy and Liberty that Ended in the Tragic Tiananmen Massacre in 1989.

Relive the history with this blog and my book, "Standoff at Tiananmen", a narrative history of the movement.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Crackdown in Sichuan

A wave of recent crackdowns in the Sichuan Province has caught the attention of New York Times , which reported the formal arrests of Ran Yu...

Saturday, March 26, 2011

People of 1989: Haizi (海子)

The spring of 1989 was an interesting time. The year was abundant of upcoming significant anniversaries , or eager anticipations for them. ...

Friday, March 25, 2011

Former 1989 Student Sentenced to 10 Years

There is little public record on what exactly Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌) did in 1989. But whatever he, then a junior in People's University, di...

Thursday, March 24, 2011

"Arbor Day" at Tiananmen Square

As the symbolic center of the nation, Tiananmen Square is a vast area largely made up in concrete: floor, buildings and monuments. During th...

Monday, March 21, 2011

Yan Jiaqi Enjoys his Retired Life

Mirror Monthly just provided a new glimpse of the life of Yan Jiaqi and his wife. The couple has recently retired to a small town in mid-Fl...

Monday, March 7, 2011

Tiananmen in Augmented Reality

The "4Gentlemen" at Exile Diary have created augmented reality apps for smartphones with scenes of the 1989 student movement. Ac...

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Beijing Daily Warns Against Middle East-Style "Unrest"

In a front-page article titled " Conscientiously Safeguard Social Harmony and Stability ," the Beijing Daily became the first off...

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