Democracy Wall
id:
democracy-wall-209-2434592
title:
Democracy Wall
text:
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. 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
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
1978–1979 protest movement in China
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Wall
date created:
2004-01-04T09:57:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T14:28:23Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q522649","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q522649"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15