This short-lived turning point demonstrates the basic logic of the United States’ China policy in an era long predating Trump.
fredag 6. juni 2025
After the Tiananmen Square Massacre: A Reflection on America’s China Policy
This short-lived turning point demonstrates the basic logic of the United States’ China policy in an era long predating Trump.
onsdag 4. juni 2025
Torbjørn Færøvik: «Operation Yellowbird» and the Students Who Fled
Time flies so fast. Today marks 36 years since a popular uprising in Beijing was crushed with brutal force. Several hundred young Chinese—perhaps even thousands—were killed. But what happened to those who survived?
Many were arrested and imprisoned; others were sent for re-education. But some—a minority—managed to evade the grip of the police and were eventually smuggled out of the country. Behind the secretive “Operation Yellowbird” stood a network of sympathizers, Western intelligence agencies, and the Chinese mafia. Several years later, more than 400 wanted Chinese activists had been successfully smuggled out.
The protests in 1989 had lasted for six weeks when Deng Xiaoping, the country’s strongman, gave the army the order to intervene. The demonstrators who still held out in Tiananmen Square fled in all directions. Among them was 23-year-old Chai Ling, the psychology student who had emerged as the uprising’s “commander-in-chief.” Miraculously, she managed to slip out of Beijing and go into hiding elsewhere in the country.
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Hengte seg selv i protest mot myndighetene
torsdag 17. november 2011
Tente på seg selv på Den himmelske freds plass
søndag 5. juni 2011
Kinesisk merkedag endte med nye arrestasjoner
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fredag 3. juni 2011
Beijing styrker beredskapen før 4. juni
tirsdag 31. mai 2011
"Mødrene på Den himmelske freds" plass gir seg ikke
tirsdag 24. mai 2011
Beijing styrker sikkerheten før 4. juni-markeringen
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