April 24, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "The more the Poles gave in, the greater their turmoil became...and there is Solidarity."
2014-04-24 20:47:57April 25, 1989 - Copies of Deng's speech condemning protests are read over campus radio, further agitating students. pic.twitter.com/64cs8ChMpS
2014-04-25 20:50:07April 25, 1989 - New York Times: "China Bans Pro-Student Newspaper" nytimes.com/1989/04/25/wor… based in Shanghai
2014-04-28 23:32:28April 26, 1989 - People's Daily publishes Deng Xiaoping's speech condemning student protests as front-page editorial pic.twitter.com/n4rouba4WN
2014-04-26 19:41:08April 26, 1989 - Student leaders demand govt open dialogue or they will stage new march on Tiananmen the next day. pic.twitter.com/HtmMNGmBoU
2014-04-26 19:43:17April 26, 1989 - State broadcasters warn next day's planned march is illegal (inadvertently publicizing it). pic.twitter.com/t3ysdMTd2s
2014-04-26 19:46:14April 26, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "We are not afraid to shed a little blood...since this will not seriously harm China’s image in the world."
2014-04-26 19:47:34April 27, 1989 - 150,000 students from 40 Beijing universities spill onto streets to protest People's Daily editorial pic.twitter.com/oAqD7KxMGC
2014-04-27 19:55:51April 27, 1989 - Student protestors carry banners identifying their academic depts. or slogans like "Willing to Die!" pic.twitter.com/sh7vZWFK5h
2014-04-27 19:59:14April 27, 1989 - Largest student protest yet fills the streets as it marches to Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/rBeyvKHBiK
2014-04-27 20:02:08April 27, 1989 - Students form human chain along route to protect protestors marching on Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/GLGMgC2tXX
2014-04-27 20:07:05April 27, 1989 - Police are deployed to prevent protest march (declared illegal) from reaching Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/xIzL6woETp
2014-04-27 20:10:00April 27, 1989 - Student leaders argue with police blocking march at Xidan & Chang'an intersection to let them pass pic.twitter.com/xgwVobn9qo
2014-04-27 20:14:01Good article by Chris Buckley @ChuBailiang on the April 26 editorial and subsequent protest march sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/peo…
2014-04-27 20:18:34April 27, 1989 - Wall of police blocks way for crowds of student protestors marching on Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/8iDflZXatj
2014-04-27 20:20:30April 27, 1989 - Protestors surge past police wall by sheer force of numbers, and continue march to Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/yIxZfWLYlm
2014-04-27 20:24:01April 27, 1989 - 500 troops from 38th Group Army are deployed outside Great Hall of the People pic.twitter.com/3j6dQsD7QA
2014-04-27 20:29:37April 27, 1989 - Student protestors fill Tiananmen Square, which police had tried to prevent them from reaching pic.twitter.com/aAVh0KqK5P
2014-04-27 20:32:19April 28, 1989 - Chinese govt agrees to hold dialogue with students; WSJ: "Chinese Students Win Concession After a Massive March in Beijing"
2014-04-28 23:03:21April 28, 1989 - New York Times: "Democracy? In China, Write Morality" by @WuDunn nytimes.com/1989/04/28/wor…
2014-04-28 23:04:59April 28, 1989 - Chinese student tells @WuDunn: "I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it.'' nytimes.com/1989/04/28/wor…
2014-04-28 23:06:28April 28, 1989 - Student: "Many officials in our society are corrupt...we are pursuing the separation of powers." nytimes.com/1989/04/28/wor…
2014-04-28 23:07:35April 28, 1989 - Chinese student tells @WuDunn: "Our [form of democracy] must be different from the United States" nytimes.com/1989/04/28/wor…
2014-04-28 23:08:33April 28, 1989 - Chinese student: "Democracy means that all citizens have the right and the duty to participate in government policy making"
2014-04-28 23:09:31April 28, 1989 - Student: "So many students are struggling with the idea of what it means to have democratic rights." nytimes.com/1989/04/28/wor…
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