June 2, 1989 - Everyone knew Hou Dejian's most famous song, "Heirs of the Dragon" and sang it in Tiananmen Square youtube.com/watch?v=xpVH-K…
2014-06-02 19:32:11The last verse of Hou Dejian's "Heirs of the Dragon" is certainly evocative:
2014-06-02 19:34:01多少年砲聲仍隆隆 / 多少年又是多少年 How many years have gone by with the gunshots still ringing out? / how many years followed by how many years?
2014-06-02 19:35:07巨龍巨龍你擦亮眼 / 永永遠遠的擦亮眼 Mighty dragon, open your eyes / For now and ever more, open your eyes.
2014-06-02 19:36:13June 2, 1989 - Students mock govt-staged demonstration that day, which portrayed students as US stooges pic.twitter.com/irw8S1Lvbn
2014-06-02 20:17:17June 2, 1989 - Young girl dances to music in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/REdTAeviAc
2014-06-02 22:32:47Sent down? RT @AngelaBaoBeiBei Foreign students at Beijing university required to attend study tour June 3-4 pic.twitter.com/5yLpVeYxph
2014-06-02 22:45:31June 2, 1989, 11:00pm: Army jeep runs over cyclists at Muxidi (western Beijing); three are killed. Angry crowds gather.
2014-06-02 23:59:26June 2, 1989 - New York Times: "A Portrait of a Young Man [Wang Dan] as a Beijing Student Leader" by @WuDunn nytimes.com/1989/06/03/wor…
2014-06-03 01:02:35June 3, 1989, 12:00am - Military units in & around Beijing receive orders to move to initial positions for retaking Tiananmen Square.
2014-06-03 01:04:17June 3, 1989, 12:30am - Campus loudspeakers alert students that soldiers are deploying across Beijing, direct them to set up roadblocks.
2014-06-03 01:17:14June 3, 1989, 2:00am - Large element of soldiers disguised as "joggers" halted by residents as they try to approach Tiananmen from east.
2014-06-03 03:25:15June 3, 1989, 2:30am - Protesters stop soldiers trying to infiltrate Beijing in disguise (note AK-47 on dashboard) pic.twitter.com/FHRuPqACGy
2014-06-03 03:31:19June 3, 1989, 3:00am - Students surround truck to prevent soldiers from reaching Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/iCLRDKHbXo
2014-06-03 04:00:21June 3, 1989, 4:00am - Frustrated, confused soldiers are disarmed at roadblocks set up by defiant Beijing residents pic.twitter.com/AzFRsS624m
2014-06-03 05:20:29June 3, 1989, 4:00am - Some soldiers are beaten in altercations with defiant Beijing residents blocking their path pic.twitter.com/7qDa0IysoZ
2014-06-03 05:21:38June 3, 1989, 4:00am - Injured soldier is rushed to hospital following violent scuffle with Beijing citizens pic.twitter.com/jpUBADVla3
2014-06-03 05:24:20June 3, 1989, 4:00am - Some terrifying moments for soldiers disarmed at roadblock by angry Beijing crowd pic.twitter.com/zRl0Zkv26H
2014-06-03 05:30:49June 3, 1989, 5:00am - Pushing and shoving melee between Beijing residents and soldiers stopped at roadblock pic.twitter.com/jY2VsGsi6l
2014-06-03 06:06:27June 3, 1989, 5:00am - Students lecture surrounded soldiers, urging them to withdraw pic.twitter.com/vPj2M2Rcmp
2014-06-03 06:11:42June 3, 1989, 5:00am - Protester addresses corralled soldiers through a megaphone, demanding that they leave pic.twitter.com/2becoPfmIq
2014-06-03 06:23:01June 3, 1989, 5:30am - Beijing resident displays army rifle discovered in vehicle halted at roadblock pic.twitter.com/ZuDkJO7NFY
2014-06-03 06:32:14June 3, 1989 - New York Times: "Beijing Residents Block Army Move Near City Center" by @NickKristof nytimes.com/1989/06/03/wor…
2014-06-03 06:50:44June 3, 1989 - NYT: "The soldiers...looked distinctly unenthusiastic about their mission...a few began crying when their way was blocked"
2014-06-03 06:52:45June 3, 1989, 6:00am - Beijing residents gather at Muxidi, where army jeep ran over 3 cyclist the night before pic.twitter.com/tSyAMn0zAW
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