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Apr 30 2014 9:10PM
1989 Participant's Profile: Xie Jingsuo (谢京锁)

Xie Jingsuo (谢京锁) , male, born on February 19, 1968, was killed at age 21, on Chang'an Boulevard, near Liubukou, in Beijing, on the morning of June 4, 1989. At the time, he was a student at the Light Industry Engineering College in...

Apr 30 2014 9:06PM
Today in 1989: more universities around the country started to boycott

more universities around the country started to boycott. #八九六四 #八九六四二五 #八九民主运动 25年前的今天(5月1日)北京高校继续罢课,北高联在北大举行中外记者招待会,提出对话原则。北大筹委会在记者会上倡议成立全国学联筹委会,并举行全国高校大罢课。上海和其它地区高校加入罢课。

Apr 30 2014 12:41PM
Starvation and torture. Ban Ki Moon's second report on humanitarian access to Syria

Last week, Ban Ki Moon presented his second report on the ‘implementation of Security Council Resolution 2139’ – the resolution calling on all sides in Syria to allow immediate humanitarian access to crisis areas such as Yarmouk...

Apr 29 2014 9:50PM
1989 Participant's Profile: Hao Zijing (郝致京)

Hao Zijing, Assistant Researcher, Science and Technology Policy and Management Research Institute of the Central Academy of Sciences. Hao was shot in the left side of the chest by a bullet at Muxudi shortly after 11:00 p.m. on June 3...

Apr 29 2014 9:40PM
Today in 1989: Students plan next moves

At most universities were still boycotting classes, students had turned their attentioin to planning their next oves Many students were eagerly anticipating the upcoming anniversary of May Fourth.