June 1, 1989 - Young girl gives speech in Tiananmen Square in honor of Int'l Children's Day pic.twitter.com/ZI71FouZBs
2014-06-02 03:51:11June 1, 1989 - Tourists take photos of Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/oiJcaiqTvu
2014-06-02 03:51:52June 1, 1989 - Student protester in Tiananmen Square, amid flags from each university pic.twitter.com/WxBdWMgORi
2014-06-02 03:53:36June 1, 1989 - Every member of China's Politburo receives official report entitled "On The True Nature of the Turmoil"
2014-06-02 04:01:47June 1, 1989 - CCP internal Party report: "The longer this drags on, the more it will cost us."
2014-06-02 04:02:22June 1, 1989 - CCP report: "The turmoil was planned...by a tiny minority who are alllied with hostile forces at home and abroad."
2014-06-02 04:03:22June 1, 1989 - A second report, from China's State Security Ministry, blames Tiananmen protests on subversion by the United States.
2014-06-02 04:04:49June 1, 1989 - New York Times: "Political Sway of the Military Is Subtly Spreading in China" by @NickKristof nytimes.com/1989/06/02/wor…
2014-06-02 04:07:04June 1, 1989 - New York Times: "Beijing Tightens Press Restriction" by @NickKristof nytimes.com/1989/06/02/wor…
2014-06-02 04:08:06June 2, 1989 - Party elders hold morning meeting with CCP Politburo Standing Committee, decide to clear Tiananmen Square by force.
2014-06-02 10:06:39June 2, 1989 - Li Peng tells PSC: "the turmoil has been generated by a coalition of foreign & domestic reactionary forces..." (1/2)
2014-06-02 10:08:30June 2, 1989 - Li Peng: "...their goals are to overthrow the Communist Party and subvert the socialist system." (2/2)
2014-06-02 10:09:01June 2, 1989 - VP Wang Zhen: "Those goddamn bastards! Who do they think they are, trampling on sacred ground like Tiananmen so long?"
2014-06-02 10:10:32June 2, 1989 - VP Wang Zhen: "We should send troops right now to grab those counterrevolutionaries...what's the PLA for, anyway?"
2014-06-02 10:11:39June 2, 1989 - Li Xiannian: "Western capitalism really does want to see turmoil in China...[it] still wants to beat socialism in the end"
2014-06-02 10:13:53June 2, 1989 - Deng: "The Western world...has thrown its entire propaganda machine into agitation work [to support] the scum of China"
2014-06-02 10:15:37June 2, 1989 - Bo Yibo: "[The West] think they're the world's police. What right do they have to meddle in China's internal affairs?"
2014-06-02 10:17:06June 2, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "if China falls into turmoil...it'd be worse than the Cultural Revolution...where would human rights be then?"
2014-06-02 10:19:05June 2, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "China can accomplish nothing without peace and unity...Stability must take precedence over everything."
2014-06-02 10:20:11June 2, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "No one can keep China's reform and opening from going forward...The momentum of reform cannot be stopped."
2014-06-02 10:20:58June 2, 1989 - President Yang Shangkun tells PSC: "I am fully confident that we can clear the Square in a peaceful way."
2014-06-02 10:22:00June 2, 1989 - Demonstrators burn copies of Beijing Daily to protest anti-student articles pic.twitter.com/6FWJo2E1os
2014-06-02 13:00:59June 2, 1989 - 4 intellectuals, including Liu Xiaobo and pop star Hou Dejian, begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/oQkp0XFvWy
2014-06-02 19:16:38June 2, 1989 - Appearance of Hou Dejian, who some liken to China's Bob Dylan, brings huge crowds to Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/DNXXQFum9d
2014-06-02 19:21:25June 2, 1989 - Female soldier joins in the singing with pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/KwH9K67uzq
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