Today in 1989: set up an independent student's union and sit in at Xinhuamen

In the evening, about four thousand students gathered at The Triangle at the center of the campus in Beida, to listen to a few speakers taking their turns on a stool. With a voice vote, the crowd "disbanded" the official student union and decided to establish a Preparatory Committee for their own student solidarity. It marked the first time in any student movement that a formal and non-anonymous organization structure was put in place in 1989.

Over two thousands students sit in at Xinhuamen, shouting "Seven Demands! and Dialogue!" Police and Armed Police Force soldiers monitored the protesters and  around at 4am used belts and boots to disperse and force students into waiting buses along the Chang'an Avenue. Some students suffered minor injuries either at the hands of the police or by smashing the bus windows.

Wen Jie, instructor from Beijing Fashion Institute, received a master's degree in Chinese from Beijing University in 1988, posted Big Character Posters here and Peking Univ on 19 April 1989, contacting students and teachers in different universities in order to publicise an independent political magazine. He reported news and comments by the student's radio station during the Hunger Strike (May 13 – May 19) and edited a daily News until June 4th. Wen was detained after June 4, 1989, and developed intestinal cancer while in custody. He died of this illness shortly after release on parole. http://www.tiananmenmother.org/

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