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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Document of 1989: 42 Scientists and Educators Open Letter

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On February 20, 1989, 42 prominent scientists and educators in Beijing co-signed an open letter to the nation's top leadership calling ...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Document of 1989: 33 Writers' Open Letter

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On February 13, 1989, five weeks after Fang Lizhi's open letter , 33 prominent writers in Beijing co-signed an open letter to the Nation...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

New York Times' Reporting in 1989

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In 2008, while preparing for the book  Standoff at Tiananmen , I went through the archives of New York Times and read through its reporting...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Document of 1989: Fang Lizhi's Open Letter

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On January 6, 1989, Fang Lizhi wrote a personal letter to Deng Xiaoping , suggesting a general amnesty for political prisoners. It soon b...
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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Friday, January 27, 2012

People of 1989: Kong Qingdong (孔庆东)

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Professor Kong Qingdong (孔庆东) has never been your typical academic. Rather, his outspokenness, which sometimes borderlines on intention...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Review of My Book: From a Next-Generation Perspective

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The following review is written by a 16-year-old "bibliophile" growing up in the US, whose mother was an active participant in the...