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Paint-Throwing Born of Frustration

“A former Chinese teacher who famously splattered paint on Chairman Mao’s portrait at the height of the Beijing protests 20 years ago describes a failure of leadership among protesters—and how years of prison abuse scarred...

Mao Portrait Protesters Get Asylum

The human fallout continues 20 years after the 1989 Tiananmen protests.  Yu Dongyue and Yu Zhijian, jailed for vandalizing Mao Zedong’s portrait during the Tiananment protests, have been granted political asylum in the...

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