| Democracy Wall Movement | |
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| Part of Beijing Spring, Reform and Opening Up and the Chinese Democracy Movement | |
| Date | 1978 November 1978 – Spring 1981 |
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| Caused by | Death of Zhou Enlai, cessation of the Cultural Revolution post death of Mao Zedong |
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Wei Jingsheng (Activist, writer) | |
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From November 1978 to December 1979, thousands of people put up "big character posters" on a long brick wall of Xidan Street, Xicheng District of Beijing, to protest about the political and social issues of China; the wall became known as the Democracy Wall (Chinese: 西单民主墙; pinyin: Xīdān mínzhǔ qiáng). Under acquiescence of the Chinese government, other kinds of protest activities, such as unofficial journals, petitions, and demonstrations, were also soon spreading out in major cities of China. This movement can be seen as the beginning of the Chinese Democracy Movement. It is also known as the "Democracy Wall Movement". This short period of political liberation was known as the "Beijing Spring".[1]
- ^ "The Chinese democracy movement of 1978-1981". pekinger-fruehling.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2023-08-09.