These videos show the beginning of the student protest on Tiananmen Square, one month before the Tiananmen square massacre.
April 17th, 1989 Students mourn the death of Hu Yaobang at the Monument to the People's Heroes. They sing the Internationale.
April 22th, 1989 Mourning activity at the Monument to the People's Heroes.
April 23th, 1989 Posters are calling for reforms, fighting corruption and inflation. Students are gathering money to buy equipment for protests, to print handouts and buy megaphones.
April 25th, 1989 More posters, some interviews, people reading the posters, and writing down their contents. A girl is asked (in German): "Are you afraid that the military will step in?" - "To some extent yes, but one should not be afraid, if one intends the right thing."
April 27th, 1989 Student protest march starts from Beijing University (~14 km from Tiananmen), breaks through a police barrier at Liubukou, and arrives at Tiananmen.
Interviews are partly in Chinese, some are in English. Subtitles are available, however, only in German.
Very interesting piece on Hu Yaobang, sums up the impact of Hu Yaobang and how the aftershock of his passing led to one of the most defining moments of world history. Great perspective on a piece of history i didnt know about.
https://radiichina.com/the-death-of-hu-yaobang-reform-icon-and-symbol-of-hope-for-chinas-youth/
April 17th, 1989 The first video shows students mourning the death of Hu Yaobang at the Monument to the People's Heroes. They sing the Internationale.
April 22th, 1989 Mourning activity at the Monument to the People's Heroes.
April 23th, 1989 Posters are calling for reforms. Students are gathering money to buy equipment for protests, to print handouts and buy megaphones.
April 25th, 1989 More posters, some interviews, people reading the posters. A girl is asked (in German): "Are you afraid that the military will step in?" - "To some extent yes, but one should not be afraid, if one intends the right thing."
April 27th, 1989 Student protest march starts from Beijing University, breaks through a police barrier at Liubukou, and arrives at Tiananmen.
