Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, 1989.
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June 4, 1989
June 4, 2014Tiananmen Square, Vaguely Remembered
June 4, 2013
In the spring of 1989 a million Chinese protesters gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and called for government accountability, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and better industrial working conditions. Chinese authorities sent in troops, killing over two hundred people.
Toe the Line with Tank Man
June 5, 2009Teik-Kim Pok shows you how to dance a tribute to Tank Man (the “Unknown Rebel”), choreographed by Jane McKernan. The Tank Man Tango dance event, produced by Deborah Kelly, is ocurring around the world to commemorate the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
More information on the Tank Man Tango here. Our own tribute to Tank Man is here.
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20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
June 3, 2009
In the spring of 1989, thousands of protesters, many of them students, congregated in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, calling for an end to repressive domestic measures by the government of the People’s Republic of China. On June 4th, that government sent infantry troops and tanks to the historic site, killing and injuring thousands of Chinese citizens.
The massive show of military force cleared the square. A day later, a lone protester confronted a column of tanks along the ironically-named Avenue of Eternal Peace. Tank Man (the Unknown Rebel) captured the world’s imagination, but little seems to have changed in twenty years. The names of the dead and injured are still not known (even the numbers are disputed) and the event has been deleted from official Chinese histories. The PRC just blocked foreign video news broadcasts and unhooked Twitter, YouTube, and other social media sites to inhibit memorial protests on the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
In other news, a Chinese company is buying the Hummer division of America’s General Motors.
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