Collection of China's Spring 1989 Democracy Movement, 1988-1997, bulk 1989-1990

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Series VIII: Audio Visual and Born-digital, 影音与电子文件, 1988-1990


VHS, 录像带, 1988-1990



Box 15 Samsara by Wang Shuo/轮回-王朔, 1988, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Chinese original. Commercial recording; not digitized.


Box 15 Troubleshooters by Wang Shuo/顽主-王朔, 1988, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Chinese original. Commercial recording; not digitized.


Box 15 Big Gasp by Wang Shuo/大喘气-王朔, 1988, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Chinese original. Commercial recording; not digitized.



Box AB Cui Jian/崔健, 1989-1990, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Cui Jian Fundraising national tour in Chengdu for the 1990 Asian Games. 1. Rock and Roll on the New Long March MTV; 2. Chengdu Concert & PAL; 3. He Yong in Beijing , Party and 1989 Holland interview. 崔健为十一届亚运会集资义演,全国巡迴演出成都专场。1. "新长征[路]in 摇滚" MTV; 2. 崔健在成都义演专场& PAL; 3. 何勇在北京[目坛]Party & 1989荷兰采访. Chinese original


Box AB Turmoil in Beijing/关于"六四", 1989 July, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Chinese Government documentary about Tiananmen; 4-part PRC Government tap on "turmoil" in Beijing.

Chinese: 飘扬,共和国的旗帜 Transliteration: Piao yang, Gongheguo de qi zhi English: Waving the Flag of the People's Republic of China Creator: China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Zong zheng zhi bu. Xuan chuan bu (中国人民解放军总政治部宣传部) Publisher: Beijing Gaojiao Audio And Video Publishing House (北京高教音像出版社) Published: 1989 July


Box AB Gallery opening, PAL original tape, circa 1989, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Box AB Gallery opening = 畫廊開幕 = Hua lang kai mu, NTSC version, circa 1989, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

天安门民主运动纪实?


Cassettes, 录音帶, 1989


Box AB All for Freedom, 為自由, 1989-05-27, 1 audiocassettes

Performed in Hong Kong, sung in Cantonese.


Box AB 歷史的傷口 = Wound in History = Li shi de shang kou, 1989-05-28, 1 audiocassettes

Taiwan collection of recordings at a mass meeting in Taiwan concerning Tiananmen; composed and performed in Taiwan; include lyrics


Soc.Culture.China (SCC) Digital Archive/社会文化中国(简称SCC)电子档案, 1989-06-05--1989-06-13

8 inch floppy disks. README file from disk 1: These seven disks contain materials taken from the Usenet computer network Soc.Culture.China during June 1989. SCC is said to have had about 30,000 members in the US and other countries, mostly China-born students and intellectuals. The files were downloaded by James D. Seymour. They concern the contemporaneous crackdown in China. Some of the items are media news accounts. Some are personal postings. Although the material varies greatly in quality, they contain much information, and give a feel for the period. These materials are in ASCII, for easy conversion to any word processor. Each filename contains a date, but it should be understood that these are only approximate.



Box 15 Disk 1, 1989-06-05, 1989-06-08, 1 item


Box 15 Disk 2, 1989-06-05--1989-06-06, 1 item


Box 15 Disk 3, 1989-06-05, 1989-06-08, 1989-06-12, 1989-06-14, 1 item


Box 15 Disk 4, 1989-06, 1 item


Box 15 Disk 5, 1989-06-12, 1989-06-14, 1 item


Box 15 Disk 6, 1989-06-12, 1989-06-14, 1 item


Box 15 Disk 7, 1989-06-10--1989-06-13, 1 item