Tiananmen Anniversaries

American Interest: Surviving Prison in China with Poetry

By: JIANLI YANG A Tiananmen Massacre survivor and former political prisoner in China reflects on how poetry helped him endure captivity, and how art can sustain us amidst social distancing. I If I'm the wolf and you're the moonI'd tilt my head and sing to youIf I'm...
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Message from Wang Bingzhang’s sister on the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen

Message from Wang Bingzhang's sister on the 30th Anniversary of TiananmenToday is the 30th anniversary of the June 4th massacre. My heart is very heavy.Thirty years ago, a large number of China's outstanding young students lost their precious lives for Chinese...
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Project 2049 Published Report: Regime Resilience and Civil Resistance in Post-Tiananmen China

In the 1980s, conflicting patterns of economic liberalization led to a widespread protest movement across the People's Republic of China (PRC, China). Tensions reached an apex in Beijing on June 4th, 1989, as the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) dogmatic insistence on...
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Every Day, We Must Be Vigilant

Speech at the Candlelight Vigil Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre By: Dr. Yang Jianli Victims of Communism Memorial Park, Washington, DC, USAJune 3, 2019 Tonight, we gather once again to remember our fallen brothers and sisters in Tiananmen...
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