![]() |
| The Dialogue Delegation held a meeting at University of Political Sciences and Law. |
Pictures of 1989
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.
![]() |
| The Dialogue Delegation held a meeting at University of Political Sciences and Law. |
![]() |
| Xiang Xiaoji (second from right), Shen Tong (third from right) and others on their way to submit dialogue petition. |
![]() |
| Shen Tong (right) distributes petition to foreign reporters. |
![]() |
| Shen Tong (left) talks to foreign reporters. |
![]() |
| Posters in Peking University call for continued class strike. (Photo by Philip Cunningham) |
![]() |
| Students at Peking University read posters calling for continued class strike. |
![]() |
| Reporters and crowd gather around entrance of Peking University waiting for students. |
![]() |
| Students at Peking University gather for the march. |
![]() |
| Students from Peking University march out of their campus. |
![]() |
| Students at Beijing Normal University gather for the march. (Photo by Philip Cunningham) |
![]() |
| Students and police at standoff. |
![]() |
| Students and policy at standoff. |
![]() |
| Students carry Wuer Kaixi on their shoulders and broke through police barrier. |
![]() |
| The protest march on streets. |
![]() |
| Students in protest march. |
![]() |
| Students from Tsinghua University. |
![]() |
| Students from the Central Academy of Drama. |
![]() |
| The protest march on streets. |
![]() |
| Students enter the Tiananmen Square |
![]() |
| Tiananmen Square is filled by protesting students. |
![]() |
| Reporters line up for protest march in Beijing. |
![]() |
| Beijing reporters protest. The banner says "We Want to Speak Truth! Don't Make Us Lie!" |
![]() |
| Reporters protest. The lady in front with her right arm stretched is Gao Yu. |
![]() |
| Students at Fudan University gather for protest. |
![]() |
| Students at Fudan University gather for protest. |
![]() |
| Students in Shanghai in protest march, the banner says "Patriotism is No Crime." |
![]() |
| Bus passengers are happy to receive pamphlets from students. |
![]() |
| Shanghai |
![]() |
| Students stage a sit-in at government office. |
![]() |
| Students in sit-in broadcast their demands. |
![]() |
| Students in sit-in. |
![]() |
| Police watch the students in sit-in. |
![]() |
| Students sit-in at the government office, with a replica of Statue of Liberty. |
![]() |
| Yuan Mu (far right), He Dongchang (right but one) at press conference on students petition on May 3, 1989. |
![]() |
| Students preparing posters on protest on May 3, 1989. |
![]() |
| A poster on campus on May 3, 1989. |
![]() |
| Wang Dan (left front), Wang Chaohua (middle front) and other students on their way to submit a petition on May 2, 1989. |