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The events are sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement, [b] ... and had its roots in the Alliance in Support of Democratic Movements in China formed in May 1989 ...
The Democracy Wall movement of November 1978 to spring 1981 is typically regarded as the beginning of contemporary Chinese democracy movement. In addition to the Democracy Wall movement, the events of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre are among the notable examples of Chinese democracy movements.
Tiananmen Square, 1989 The Declassified History; Tiananmen Dossiers and Video Clips (in French) Official site of Hong Kong "Concert For Democracy In China" (in Traditional Chinese) SBS's "After 6/4" interactive with Western and CPC perspectives on events of Tiananmen Square, 1989 (in English and Simplified Chinese) "Voices from Tiananmen".
The dialogue on April 29, 1989, was the first dialogue between student and government representatives to be recorded and broadcast. It was attended by government representatives Yuan Mu (spokesman for State Council), He Dongchang, Yuan Liben, Lu Yucheng and student representatives from 16 different Beijing institutions. [7]
The two former colonies are the only places on Chinese soil where the 1989 crushing of China's pro-democracy movement can be commemorated. [1] In 2013, more than 150,000 participants braved the torrential rains in Hong Kong and Macau to remember the 1989 student protest movement, according to organisers; police estimated the turnout to be ...
The events on and around the central Beijing square on June 4, 1989, when Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led pro-democracy demonstrations, are a taboo topic in China and the ...
On May 16, 1989; the same day that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met with Deng Xiaoping, 1,000 soldiers paraded with the students down Chang'an Boulevard. [97] [98] On May 23, 1989, 100 naval cadets walked through Tiananmen Square chanting, "Down with Li Peng." [99] Soldiers were deployed to Beijing the night before and after martial law was ...
Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was forced out after the protests were crushed, has died ...