More Big-Character Posters

Chinese language magazines in Hong Kong (and occasionally the leading daily "Ming Pao") have thoroughly documented the activities of the "Beijing Spring" and avant-garde artists and writers. They often received photos and information from sources that preferred to remain anonymous, but usually these details have proved to be accurate and reliable.

These - often short-lived - publications from Hong Kong (including the journals "The Observer/观察家", "The Seventies/七十年代", "Dongxiang/动向", "Zhengming/争鸣" and "Jingbao/镜报") have therefore made a significant contribution for the preservation of important documents and eye-witness accounts of the Chinese Democracy Movement from 1978-81.

"Fooling Around" (Guanchajia no. 60, 1979, p.39)

"The Sleeping Tiger"(Guanchajia no. 60, 1979, p.40)

"To the Citizens of Shanghai" (Guanchajia no. 60, 1979, p.40)

"A Hooligan Can Fully Change Himself Not to Be a Hooligan Any More" (Guanchajia no. 60, 1979, p.38)

Guanchajia no. 60, 1979, pp.37-40, besides the photos the magazine publishes complete texts of some of the bi-character posters.

"To Teng Husheng" (pseudonym of a student author)

"Indictment Nr.1 - Democracy - Rule of Law - Science, Citizens of Workshop 109, Academy of Science"

A "citizens group" at the Academy of Science demands the complete trutz on the Tiananmen incident of 1976, and the punishment of the politicians responsible. (Transcript of a big-character poster from Nov. 18, 1978, published by the Hong Kong magazine "Jingbao 镜报", Special Edition1979).