Tiananmen Square

The Forbidden City The Forbidden City, known as Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties—the years 1420 to 1912. It lays at the center of Beijing. It currently houses the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for nearly five hundred years.The most noticeable and vital aspects of the Forbidden City are the history, architecture, and…

bigger and bigger and more people were coming to support the students. That is when the students decided to move their protests to a place in which they knew many people would have to pay attention and that place was Tiananmen square. The students continued their protests at Tiananmen Square, but they also had a plan that would have the Chinese government take notice in them. Nikita Khrushchev was coming for a visit to China and was willing to try to have relations with the Chinese government.…

In The Google Dilemma, James Grimmelmann describes that the search for tiananmen on the American Google at one point yielded different image results from those on the Chinese Google. On the American version, the images displayed the violent democratic protests that occurred in Tiananmen Square, but on the Chinese version, all of the images were of the Tiananmen monument itself with no trace of the protests. It seems clear that the harsh censorship rules in China affected…

In his guide to obtaining political power, The Prince, Machiavelli asserted that effective leadership comes only through instilling fear in one’s subjects rather than promoting a loving environment. Machiavelli appears to ignore the powerful combination that fear and love create when put together: respect. In order to become a successful leader, cultivating respect among one’s followers is far more advantageous than choosing fear or love alone. Both fear and love are relatively easy to establish…

Ah Xian is an Australian-Chinese artist based in Sydney, Australia. He was a practising artist in China throughout the 1980s and sought political asylum in Australia following the massacre of Tiananmen Square in 1989. Ah Xian sold his first bust to the Powerhouse Museum, and in the year 2000, he held his first solo show in Melbourne. In 2001, he won the National Gallery of Australia's inaugural National Sculpture Prize with his "Human Human : Lotus Cloisonne Figure”. He continues to make…

internal space” (262) is the visibility of the space. The Main Library has an awe-inspiring number of floor-to-ceiling windows and large glass doors. Its curved shape even serves to beckon all to enter as it hugs library square. Together, the Main Library and library square form one of the most successful urban spaces I have…

Horrendous Civil Disputes Throughout history civil rights has been a controversial dispute without a vision of it ending. The battle of civil rights affects everyone, everywhere. There is no escape. A modern example of the struggle in civil rights is presented by Liu Xiaobo. From an impeccable writer winning the Nobel Prize, he was imprisoned because of protests in a civil rally, or in other words because of his freedom of speech. Breaking the first amendment in the United States Constitution…

The artwork of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is characterised by a desire to critique the political agenda of his home country’s government. Although the social activism Weiwei engages in is criminalised and often censored in China, he has won international acclaim for his work, which has been exhibited in such major cities as London, New York, Tokyo and Sao Paulo. This global admiration is made all the more impressive on the basis that Weiwei has faced strict travel restrictions, resulting in…

our discussions, and dishonesty was quick to be added in that list. However, an unlikely glimmer of hope exists in every dark hour. Firstly, in Forbidden City, many protesters died standing up to the military that was sent to clear them from Tiananmen Square. Then horrifyingly, their corpses were burned. I asked my group, “What do you think that the Chinese government could accomplish burning [civilian corpses]?” They responded, “China could deny any deaths then, right?”…

stealing profit from power companies. Accusations were made about corruption. • A democracy wall was instigated because reformers would nail their writing on these places. Occasionally the government would arrest these reformers. • In June 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre occurred. Students rebelled in presence of Gorbachev visit to Beijing. The army moved in and killed thousands of students. Primary Runners: • Hua Guofeng: named by Mao as his successor • Deng Xiaoping; lost his position as…