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In this excerpt from the PBS documentary Tiananmen, student leader Wu’er Kaixi reflects on how Nothing to My Name became the emotional and cultural anthem of the 1989 movement.

A politically significant protest song first performed by Cui Jian in 1986 at the Beijing Workers’ Stadium. The song became a symbol of Chinese youth resistance and is considered the origin of Chinese rock.

The image depicts a protestor wearing the costume described in "The Handmaid's Tale" which includes a crimson red robe and a white bonnet. The protestor also wears a red face mask and holds a sign that says "THIS IS NOT FICTION" in red font. The…

This photograph depicts an unidentified Chinese man standing in front of a column of Type 59 tanks on June 5, 1989, the morning after the Chinese military's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing. The image has come to represent the courage…