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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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Pictures of 1989: Posters Commemorating Hu Yaobang on April 16, 1989

Pictures of 1989

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

This Day in 1989: April 12, Wu Zuguang Speaks at Democracy Salon

On April 12, 1989, students in Peking University had their weekly Democracy Salon again, this time with the featured speaker Wu Zuguang, a p...

Monday, April 13, 2015

Tiananmen Memorial: A Small Tablet at Paris

The Memorial A small, almost unnoticable stone tablet in the 20th arrondissement, on which the following texts are sculpted in both Chines...

Sunday, April 5, 2015

This Day in 1989: February 4, Prominent Intellectuals Party for New Year

In the afternoon of February 4, 1989, dozens of prominent intellectuals and entrepreneurs attended a "New Year Party of Famous People i...

Saturday, April 4, 2015

This Day in 1989: April 5, Wang Dan Publishes a New Magazine, Li Shuxian Speaks at Democracy Salon

April 5, 1989, is an anniversary date for the famous April Fifth movement. On this day, Wang Dan and a few of his classmates published a mag...

Thursday, April 2, 2015

This Day in 1989: April 3, Peking University Students Protest

On April 3, 1989, Wang Dan published an open letter , co-signed by 57 students at Peking University, protesting the school's interferenc...

Saturday, March 28, 2015

This Day in 1989: Poet Haizi Commits Suiside

On March 26, 1989, famous poet Haizi committed suicide. This Day in 1989

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