|
|
Article: CHINESE PUSH FOR CHANGE THRONG DEFIES PROTEST BAN.(Main)
- Article from:
- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 22, 1989
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1989 Albany Times Union. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times
A crowd defying a ban on public protests swelled to more than 100,000 Friday night in Beijing's central square to press demands for more democracy.
It was by far the biggest protest in China since the end of the Maoist era more than a dozen years ago.
Tens of thousands of university students later camped all night in the square to foil government plans to close off the area in the morning and keep them from holding a mass rally today.
The sheer size of the crowd and the level of dissatisfaction it reflected seemed certain to put new pressure on the government, although no one seems to know ...