The Chinese Cultural Revolution, by Zhang Mu. Chapter 5 (Part III)

Baby steps. The numbers are in reference to the photos which Benjamin Harris, Book Editor, has never been able to republish.  I would like to stick a knife in my veins and let my bodily essence seep away.
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(1) On January 8, 1976, Zhou Enlai died of illness. (2) At the simple Zhou’s memorial service on January 15, Deng Xiaoping delivered the memorial speech. (3) Jiang Qing, Li Xiannian and so on in Zhou’s memorial service. (4) Zhou Enlai memorial service was simple, but Xie Fuzhi and Kang Sheng’s memorial service were far grand. When Zhou remains passed the street, 1,000,000 residents spontaneously in both sides of the street pay silent tribute.(5) "April 5 (Ching Ming Festival) counter-revolutionary incident" in Tiananmen Square

April 5, 1976 was the Chinese Qingming Festival, traditional observance mourning ancestors. Nanjing, Taiyuan, Xi'an and so on regional populace mourned Zhou Enlai. In Beijing from March to the beginning of April, the populace was gathering spontaneously in the Tiananmen Square, placed wreaths, gave speeches, the populace gave vent here to Mao and Gang of Four's hatred. On April 4, the square population reaches much 1,000,000. At 4:00 on April 5, in the authorities (security minister Huang Guofeng) implemented to suppress, polices and the militiamen attacked the Tiananmen Square, expelled the demonstrator, 57 volunteers who stand-night-watch were arrested by the police. Despite the police prohibition rule, the demonstrators angry rushed in and occupied the square. Some people were killed, several hundred people were arrested. In the evening the CCP Central Political Bureau held meeting, said qualitatively this was “the counter-revolutionary riot”. After Mao’s death, in December, 1978, the third plenary session of the 11th CCP committee, decided that abolished the CCP Central once sent out all the documents about the “counter the Right deviationist trend to reverse correct verdicts" and “Tiananmen Incident”, gave rehabilitation for the “April 5 Tiananmen Incident”. But later the CCP media forbade to mention the “April 5 Tiananmen Incident”, because of 1989’s Tiananmen Incident was the similarity, but the scale was much bigger and brutal.

From March to the beginning of April, 1975, Tiananmen Square thousands populace spontaneously delivered wreaths, gave speeches, recited and so on form, expressed respect to Zhou and the discontent to Mao and Gang of Four.

(1) Facing police’s suppression, the young students loudly song “unite to tomorrow” in the Tiananmen Square. Photo by Wu Peng. (2) “workers militiamen” followed orders to come the square to do suppression, were scolded by the populace, some were dingy withdrawal. (3) On March 28, 1976, Nanjing University’s teachers and students assembled to protest that the Gang of Four criticizing Zhou, the city had many mass demonstrations.

(1) Protest speaker in the square (2) Applaud saluted to speaker in the square. Photo by Wang Liping. (3) The people came from far away spontaneously, the parked bikes. (4) Bloodstain on Tiananmen Square monument’s corner, the “workers’ militiamen” followed order to suppress, some put the demonstrator's head to clash on the monument stone.

(1) The populace came to protest in the square spontaneously unceasingly. (2) On April 5 at noon, large quantities of armed personnel enclosed the square. (3) Around the square the protesters had burnt several cars.

(1) Unceasingly some protesters were taken away. From April 6th to 7th, martial law in Tiananmen Square, clean vehicle and the water spray vehicle were used to clean the bloodstain in the square, eliminates slaughter’s evidence. (2) On April 8, People's Daily announced, the people spontaneous protest activities was “premeditated, planned, organized counter-revolutionary political incident”. (4) On November 16, 1978, People's Daily announced “Tiananmen Square event is completely the revolutionary action”.

Image:  Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David (1793).