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Apr 20 2014 8:34AM
Today in 1989: Police Voilently Dispersed Protesters

At 3am, hundred peaceful demonstrators at Xinhuamen were suddenly set upon by police wielding belts and clubs who attempted to disperse the protesters, and numerous students were injured. thousand students at noon marched to Tiananmen...

Apr 19 2014 8:37PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Wen Jie (温杰)

Wen Jie (温杰), 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...

Apr 19 2014 7:59PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Yan Wen (严文)

Yan Wen (严文) joined in Big Character Poster campaign in Peking Univ on 18 April, giving public support to the sit-ins. In the evening on the New Year's day 1987, Yan and thousdand students marched to Tiananmen, demanding immediate...

Apr 19 2014 7:25PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Xiao Jie (肖杰)

Xiao Jie (肖杰, aka 肖峰杰), student at People's University in China, one of student representatives, handed in the Seven-Point Demands in the Great Hall of People. Xiao organized a society, invesigating social and political phenomena and...

Apr 19 2014 5:55AM
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...