Student posters and leaflets during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

During the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, many big-character posters, banners and leaflets appeared. These posters and leaflets became an important source throughout the course of the student movement. They provided valuable information and insight into the goals, slogans and instructions that were to guide students about what they were expected to do during the protests. A central place where posters and leaflets were printed and posted was at "the Triangle;" located at Peking University. The Triangle, also known as a democracy wall was "a wall of bulletin boards erected around a triangle of land in the centre of the campus". The Triangle became a democratic space where students, teachers and Chinese citizens went in order to voice their opinions and feelings towards the movement, to

Student posters and leaflets during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

During the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, many big-character posters, banners and leaflets appeared. These posters and leaflets became an important source throughout the course of the student movement. They provided valuable information and insight into the goals, slogans and instructions that were to guide students about what they were expected to do during the protests. A central place where posters and leaflets were printed and posted was at "the Triangle;" located at Peking University. The Triangle, also known as a democracy wall was "a wall of bulletin boards erected around a triangle of land in the centre of the campus". The Triangle became a democratic space where students, teachers and Chinese citizens went in order to voice their opinions and feelings towards the movement, to