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Apr 22 2014 9:34PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Wu Guofeng (吴国峰)

Wu Guofeng (吴国峰), from Department of Industrial Economics and Management at People's University, a member of the Autonomous Union in his university, staged a hunger strike, together with 3000 other students, in Tiananmen Square. On the...

Apr 22 2014 9:22PM
Today in 1989: Students Set up first radio stations and Beijing Students Autonomous Federation

Student set up first four radio stations and more autonomous unions appeared. Student representatives from 21 universities met to set up Beijing Students Autonomous Federation

Apr 22 2014 6:25AM
Cao Shunli (曹顺利) & Her Legacy

Cao Shunli ( 曹顺利) & Her Legacy March 28, 1961 – March 14, 2014 “Our impact may be large, may be small, and may be nothing. But we must try. It is our duty to the dispossessed and it is the right of civil society.” Cao Shunli Activist...

Apr 21 2014 9:23PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Yu Zhou(于卓)

Yu Zhou(于卓), from Department of Mathematics, University of Hubei, set up an independent Student's Autonomous Federation on 22 April. Yu fled to Nepal after was wanted by the police in June 1989. A week before Li Peng visited Nepal...

Apr 21 2014 8:35PM
Today in 1989: Wide Cass Strike in Universities After Students' Kneeling Petition Was Ignored

Security cordoned off the east entrance to the Great Hall, but several student representatives pressed forward. Three of these students knelt on the steps of the Great Hall to present a petition and demanded to see Premier Li Peng...