June 5, 2019
The Crushing of LightJune 5, 2019 at 11:44 PM
From the "Los Angeles Times" - June 5, 1989 - page 15
A map, caption on the top: "Fear and Mourning on Campuses"
From the caption at the bottom of the map: "As violence between protesters and People's Liberation Army troops continued in Beijing, students at Beijing University, seat of the pro-democracy movement, held memorial vigils on the sprawling campus. Troops reportedly surrounded Beijing Teachers University and another campus. Although there were no reports of any raids, students fear arrests may be near."
The map provides a key to these locations:
1. Forbidden City
2. Beijing Hotel
3. Ministry of Public Security
4. Tian An Men Square
5. Great Hall of the People
6. Zhongnanhai
The above locations are closely located to each other
1 directly north
6 to the west, 2 to the east
5, 4 & 3 to the south of 6 and 2 (Tian An Man Square located between the Great Hall of the People and the Ministry of Public Security)
Other locations noted on the map: Beijing University, Cinghua University, Beijing Teachers University, People's University, University of Science & Technology, Beijing Railway Station, Temple of Heaven Park, Baboashan Cemetery.
Number 6 on the key, Zhongnanhai, refers to the central government compound - excerpted from Wikipedia:
"Zhongnanhai today
The Hall of Purple Light (Ziguang Ge) today, used for state receptions.
Since Zhongnanhai became the central government compound, it has been mostly inaccessible to the general public. The exception to this was during the years of relative freedom following the end of the Cultural Revolution, when the compound was open to members of the public, who could obtain tickets to visit the compound from relevant government authorities. Following the political turmoil that culminated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, security was greatly increased."d by the families of their original owners into the 1990s.
The most important entrance to the compound is the southern one at Xinhuamen (Xinhua Gate, or "Gate of New China"), surrounded by two slogans: "long live the great Communist Party of China" and "long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought." The view behind the entrance is shielded by a traditional screen wall with the slogan "Serve the People", written in the handwriting of Mao Zedong. The Xinhuamen entrance lies on the north side of West Chang'an Avenue."
The Beijing Hotel (location number 2 on the key) is where reporters had a good vantage point to record much of the video seen on news broadcasts, until authorities entered the hotel room.
In the June 5, 1989 "Los Angeles Times", there was an article about our Congress demanding more action, sanctions against China, wanting stronger action from the President (he DID verbally condemn China but it seemed to me at the time he wasn't too strong in that condemnation, seemed to be waiting for it all to blow over, for something else to fill the headlines).
A map, caption on the top: "Fear and Mourning on Campuses"
From the caption at the bottom of the map: "As violence between protesters and People's Liberation Army troops continued in Beijing, students at Beijing University, seat of the pro-democracy movement, held memorial vigils on the sprawling campus. Troops reportedly surrounded Beijing Teachers University and another campus. Although there were no reports of any raids, students fear arrests may be near."
The map provides a key to these locations:
1. Forbidden City
2. Beijing Hotel
3. Ministry of Public Security
4. Tian An Men Square
5. Great Hall of the People
6. Zhongnanhai
The above locations are closely located to each other
1 directly north
6 to the west, 2 to the east
5, 4 & 3 to the south of 6 and 2 (Tian An Man Square located between the Great Hall of the People and the Ministry of Public Security)
Other locations noted on the map: Beijing University, Cinghua University, Beijing Teachers University, People's University, University of Science & Technology, Beijing Railway Station, Temple of Heaven Park, Baboashan Cemetery.
Number 6 on the key, Zhongnanhai, refers to the central government compound - excerpted from Wikipedia:
"Zhongnanhai today
The Hall of Purple Light (Ziguang Ge) today, used for state receptions.
Since Zhongnanhai became the central government compound, it has been mostly inaccessible to the general public. The exception to this was during the years of relative freedom following the end of the Cultural Revolution, when the compound was open to members of the public, who could obtain tickets to visit the compound from relevant government authorities. Following the political turmoil that culminated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, security was greatly increased."d by the families of their original owners into the 1990s.
The most important entrance to the compound is the southern one at Xinhuamen (Xinhua Gate, or "Gate of New China"), surrounded by two slogans: "long live the great Communist Party of China" and "long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought." The view behind the entrance is shielded by a traditional screen wall with the slogan "Serve the People", written in the handwriting of Mao Zedong. The Xinhuamen entrance lies on the north side of West Chang'an Avenue."
The Beijing Hotel (location number 2 on the key) is where reporters had a good vantage point to record much of the video seen on news broadcasts, until authorities entered the hotel room.
In the June 5, 1989 "Los Angeles Times", there was an article about our Congress demanding more action, sanctions against China, wanting stronger action from the President (he DID verbally condemn China but it seemed to me at the time he wasn't too strong in that condemnation, seemed to be waiting for it all to blow over, for something else to fill the headlines).
