''Collection of June Fourth Poems: Commemorating the Tiananmen Square Protest'' is an anthology of poems commemorating the June Fourth protests in China (
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...
) and published in 2007. The poems were written by victims, exiled activists and international supporters. It documents the history and cultural impact of the June Fourth movement.
Overview
The chief editor is
Pinchao Jiang, a student leader in June Fourth Event. Other editors include
Wang Dan, Boli Zhang, Pokong Cheng, also student leaders; Hongbin Yuan, an organizer of the supporting teachers group from
Beijing University
Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...
; Xue Sheng, an organizer of the overseas supporting group; and Caitlin Anderson, a doctorate candidate of Research Center of East Asia of
Princeton University
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.
The advisory committee include
Yu Ying-shih
Yu Ying-shih (; 22 January 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Chinese-born American historian, sinologist, and the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was known for his mastery of sources for Chinese hi ...
, who is a professor at Princeton University and the winner of the life achievement in literature and social sciences
Kluge Prize
The John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity is awarded since 2003 for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences to celebrate the importance of the Intellectual Arts for the public interest.
Overview
The prize is awarded by ...
;
Perry Link
Eugene Perry Link, Jr. (; born 1944) is Chancellorial Chair Professor for Innovative Teaching Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages in College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside and Emeritu ...
, who is the professor of Research Center of East Asia of Princeton University; Juntao Wang, who is a doctor of politics at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, and was the coordinator between the government and the student in the period of June Fourth Democratic Movement;
Szeto Wah
Szeto Wah (; 28 February 1931 – 2 January 2011) was a prominent Hong Kong democracy activist and politician. He was the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the Hong Kong Profes ...
, who was the chairman of the
; Hengnan Jiang, who is the director of the America Democratic Education Foubdation;
Wu Chi-wai
Wu Chi-wai, MH (, born 18 October 1962) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the former chairman of the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2020 and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon East constituency since 2012. He h ...
, who was the commissioner of the Bureau of Art Development, chairman of Literature Committee of Hongkang;
Tseng Chien-Yuan, doctor of the Institute of National Development of National Taiwan University, and the former vice-director of Ministry of Law of Brainpower;
Bob Fu
Bob Fu () is a Chinese American pastor. In 2002, he founded China Aid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China, and has been its president since then. Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng Unive ...
, the director of the China Aid Association; Amber Jia, the majordomo of Asian market department of UnitedHealthCare Company, which is the 14th-biggest company in the USA.
The Collection produced by
June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association in co-operation with Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
About Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
.
References
External links
Taiwan Ministry of National Defence: Chinese Communist Party is banning ''Collection of June Fourth Poems'' in large scalePinchao Jiang: The inbeing of the Chinese Communist Party is crueler than wolf, it is not qualified to rehab for the June Fourth
English references
Reporters without borders: China : Ban on anthology of poems about Tiananmen Square movement
Chinese references
Sound of Hope Radio: Returning Chinese Student Disappeared for having Collection of June Fourth Poems
Radio of Center of Broadcast of Taiwan: Chinese government full-scale ban ''Collection of June Fourth Poems''
Radio of France International Broadcast: student leader of June Fourth of 1989 Student Movement censure Chinese government ban ''Collection of June Fourth Poems''
Radio of Free Asia of the United States: Chinese government extend ban of the ''Collection of June Fourth Poems''
The voice of American: Chinese government ban the spread of the pirate of ''Collection of June Fourth Poems''
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