NPR's @limlouisa on the little-known 1989 protests and deadly crackdown in Chengdu, China npr.org/2014/04/15/301… pic.twitter.com/kEiLDUA2gf
2014-04-15 23:04:28China's 1989 protests didn't just happen in Beijing, writes @limlouisa npr.org/2014/04/15/301… pic.twitter.com/szuQ0cj0z3
2014-04-15 23:06:28Students lay wreath in Tiananmen Square to honor death of reformer Hu Yaobang (April 16, 1989) pic.twitter.com/IZ1DXOR7pr
2014-04-15 23:21:40Demand 3 of early Tiananmen protesters: "Publish information on the income of state leaders and their family members" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen…
2014-04-15 23:24:53Students on their way to Tiananmen Square, April 17, 1989 pic.twitter.com/VRpdcvFEsz
2014-04-17 11:27:27April 17, 1989: Six students from CUPSL place memorial wreath to Hu Yaobang at foot of Monument to People's Heroes pic.twitter.com/wa2RrGmtgI
2014-04-17 12:05:28Student holds placard memorializing reformer Hu Yaobang - Beijing, April 17, 1989 pic.twitter.com/hI0XVD7ZCu
2014-04-17 12:09:30April 18, 1989 - Students begin posting pro-democracy posters on university campuses in Beijing pic.twitter.com/jNsHW8xeYF
2014-04-18 20:11:17April 18, 1989 - Large crowds gather in Tiananmen Square to hear students give speeches outlining "Seven Demands" pic.twitter.com/CYcDgU1L7Z
2014-04-18 20:15:31April 19, 1989 - Students continue gathering in Tiananmen Square, shouting slogans such as "Down with Dictatorship" pic.twitter.com/AHlfm9Tys2
2014-04-19 20:28:27April 19, 1989 - Students stage evening sit-in at main gate to Zhongnanhai, shouting "Li Peng come out!" pic.twitter.com/KLhqmguT18
2014-04-19 20:40:55April 20, 1989 - Woman pleads w/ students to end sit-in at Zhongnanhai. At 5am, police break up gathering w/ batons. pic.twitter.com/MC5gvwu83t
2014-04-20 02:09:06April 20, 1989 - Student leader Wu'er Kaixi, on break-up of Zhongnanhai sit-in: "The police beat all of us, including me, but I hit back."
2014-04-20 02:11:15April 20, 1989 - Students again march to Tiananmen Square. With tensions high, a few are beaten severely by police. pic.twitter.com/HiTwMNhzPi
2014-04-20 15:28:44April 21, 1989 - Students march to Tiananmen Square, chanting "What are we doing? We are telling the truth." pic.twitter.com/VhUeOaSN6h
2014-04-21 20:08:52April 21, 1989 - Crowds gather in Tiananmen Square to hear speeches, the final day before Hu Yaobang's funeral pic.twitter.com/uYm461dJeT
2014-04-21 20:11:33April 21, 1989 - Students occupy Tiananmen Square all night to prevent its planned closure for Hu Yaobang's funeral pic.twitter.com/6Wgm5xZbuX
2014-04-21 20:13:30April 21, 1989 - Wang Zhen: "These students are in rebellion...They have attacked Xinhua gate. We’ve got to do something right away."
2014-04-21 20:14:56April 21, 1989 - Peng Zhen: "There must be some 'Black Hands' behind these students, so we’d better get to the bottom of things."
2014-04-21 20:15:49April 21, 1989 - Li Peng: "This protest in Beijing and other cities around the country is getting worse. We need a Politburo meeting!"
2014-04-21 20:16:24April 21, 1989: Zhao Ziyang: "The majority of the students love the Party and the country. The student mainstream is good."
2014-04-21 20:16:58April 21, 1989: Peng Zhen: "With Beijing in chaos like this we’ve got to guard against a second Cultural Revolution."
2014-04-21 20:18:04April 22, 1989 - Students occupy Tiananmen Square all night to prevent its planned closure for Hu Yaobang's funeral pic.twitter.com/E6uRMCR0iB
2014-04-22 10:07:40April 22, 1989 - Dawn breaks on crowd of over 100,000 gathered in Tiananmen Square for Hu Yaobang's funeral pic.twitter.com/lyXoAcnrSX
2014-04-22 10:11:03April 22, 1989 - Unable to close Tiananmen Square as planned, police cordon off entrance to Great Hall of the People pic.twitter.com/5SE0zz6JNa
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