With the death on April 15, 1989 of Hu Yaobang, the former general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party who was beloved as a reformer, students in Beijing and around the country began taking steps to honor his memory. From this impulse grew what would become the democracy movement.
Tiananmen Square Protests: The Banners of Justice (Photos)
With the death on April 15, 1989 of Hu Yaobang, the former general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party who was beloved as a reformer, students in Beijing and around the country began taking steps to honor his memory.
APRIL 18: Students hold aloft a banner calling for 'Freedom & Democracy Enlightenment' on the Martyr's Monument in Tiananmen Square festooned with a large portrait of Hu Yaobang, surrounded with wreaths dedicated to him by people from many universities. 64memo.com
By Daniel He
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