This June 4 marks the 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre. CPIC has specially translated into English a series of articles by Mr. Zhou Duo, one of the “Four Gentlemen of Tiananmen”, who experienced the event firsthand and saved lives by negotiating the evacuation of protesters from the square. This is part two of a series of articles by him.
Part one is at https://www.yibao.net/2024/04/29/the-things-i-saw-in-may-and-june-1989-1/
By: Zhou Duo
Completely contrary to official statements, the May 4th demonstration was actually just about the largest of all of those held in the lead up to June 4th. The traffic throughout Beijing’s metropolis was almost completely blocked. By the time I arrived at the agreed-upon meeting point — in front of the Xinhua News Agency — no one in our party was there yet. While inquiring about the whereabouts of the reporters, Cai Yongmei, a female reporter from Hong Kong’s “People” magazine, arrived. We each recognized each other — she had also been present at the rally on May 3rd to conduct interviews. It was better to come early than to to leave anything to chance. And so I hitched a ride with her. We got into the taxi she chartered and started wandering around the city to find teams from the news unit. It was said that they had already been involved in the student demonstration. I heard someone said they were in Xidan. We found Xidan but didn’t see them. After driving around for awhile, we finally got out of the car in front of the Beijing Hotel and prepared to enter the packed square on foot…[Continue Reading]
Source: https://www.yibao.net/2024/05/03/the-things-i-saw-in-may-and-june-1989-2/