1989 protests, chinese government, chinese history, democracy movement, eyewitness account, human rights, june 4 1989, june 4 massacre, june 4 pro-democracy movements, political repression, student protests, tiananmen square massacre, xu qinxian
On April 15, 1989, following the death of Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a memorial held by students in Tiananmen Square quickly escalated into the largest democratic movement in Chinese history. From the night of June 3 to the early hours of June 4, CCP troops committed a ...
Dr. Fengshi Yang, a well-known composer, conductor, and pianist, has been holding a yearly memorial concert for the past three decades in remembrance of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen massacre incident in China. This year, she held the 30th Anniversary Memorial Concert in Chicago. Yang has been holding a memorial concert every year since 1989. ...