PhoenixSerenity<p>Sheng Xue, a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PENCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PENCanada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InExile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InExile</span></a> & a member of the International <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> PEN Centre, recalls what it was like to be on the ground when <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Tiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiananmen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> unfolded. </p><p>In this piece, originally published in May 1990, translated by J. Fon. in May 2014, Xue <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/chronicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicles</span></a> the events leading up to June 4th & their immediate <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/aftermath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aftermath</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://pencanada.ca/blog/remembering-tiananmen-25-years-later" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pencanada.ca/blog/remembering-</span><span class="invisible">tiananmen-25-years-later</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/May35" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May35</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChineseCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseCensorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChinesePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChinesePeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CitizensRevolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensRevolt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StudentsUprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentsUprising</span></a></p>