The first of two student hunger strikes during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre began on May 13, 1989, in Beijing. The students said that...
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The Tiananmen Square protests, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, lasting...
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Cultural Revolution (section Tiananmen incident)
some aspects of the CR. According to Shen, the trigger for the Tiananmen hunger-strikes was a big-character poster, a form of public political discussion...
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hunger strikes functioned as student propaganda. Chai Ling and other student leaders made statements and posted demands throughout the hunger strike,...
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regarding the hunger strike movement on May 13. Chai Ling was a leader in the hunger strike movement and the commander-in-chief of Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters...
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Students’ ”Autonomous Union,” “Hunger Strike Headquarters,” “Tiananmen Square Headquarters,” or even just “Tiananmen Square.” Such donations, even if...
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The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件; pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn),...
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Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters was formed on May 24, 1989. The purpose of this organization was to create a strong leadership to lead the student...
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prepared to act decisively. On May 13, as the students embarked on a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, Yang and the CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang gave Deng...
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Wang Juntao (section Role in Tiananmen protests)
a thirteen-year sentence, decided to join Wang in the hunger strike. Wang went on hunger strikes on twenty-one occasions from the day of his arrest to...
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Chai Ling (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters)
the Hunger Strike Committee, one of several student demonstration organizations in Tiananmen Square. On May 19, Chai announced the end of the hunger strike...
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The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre were the first of their type shown in detail on Western television. The Chinese government's response...
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movement, and to provide information on events and incidents (Student Hunger Strikes and "Xinhua Gate Incident"—Zhongnanhai). The Triangle was considered...
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Lü Jinghua (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters)
member of the Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation (BWAF) during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The BWAF was the People's Republic of China's...
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Zhao Ziyang (section Tiananmen Square protests)
reform policies and sympathies with student demonstrators during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 placed him at odds with some members of the party...
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A Tiananmen Journal: Republic on the Square (in Chinese: 六四日記:廣場上的共和國) by Feng Congde (封从德) was first published in May 2009 in Hong Kong. This book records...
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The Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident took place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, on the eve of Chinese New Year on 23 January 2001. There...
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Hou Dejian (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters)
Taiwan. He then witnessed and became a part of the hunger strike with three others in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing...
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The People's Republic of Amnesia (redirect from The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited)
The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited is a nonfiction book by journalist Louisa Lim and published by Oxford University Press in 2014....
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In the days following the end of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, several memorials and vigils were held around the world for those who...
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Wang Dan (dissident) (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters)
democracy movement and was one of the most visible student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He holds a PhD in history from Harvard University...
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Wu Renhua (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre)
the Tiananmen Movement from the beginning to the end. He was one of the organizers of the first protest, and was in charge of the hunger strike petition...
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During the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in Beijing, China, students demanded a dialogue between Chinese government officials and student representatives...
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Li Peng (section Tiananmen Square)
representative of China's government who backed the use of force to quell the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. During the protests, Li used his authority as...
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protesters to ensure their safety during the hunger strike.[citation needed] Shortly after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Zhou was listed...
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Students staged a 64-hour hunger strike in Times Square the afternoon following the march, demanding the vindication of the Tiananmen protesters. President...
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1989 Chinese protests by region (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre)
media attention was put onto the Beijing citizens who participated in the Tiananmen Square Protests, however, every other region in China had cities with...
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the press. After the students commenced their hunger strike on 13 May, the Politburo sent Yan to Tiananmen Square to call for an end to the protests and...
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Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation (category 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre)
the student protesters' principal decision-making body during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Student protesters founded the Federation in opposition...
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Su Xiaokang (section 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests)
to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and his participation in the protest also forced him into the exile in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square...
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