Beijing’s Democracy Wall
Wei Jingsheng : “Democracy Wall was located in central Beijing on Xidan street, right next to a busy bus terminal. Before becoming the centerpiece of a political movement, the wall had served as a mundane bulletin board. But in 1979 it emerged as a popular venue for people to meet and discuss ideas. Soon citizens started to use the wall to ‘publish’ their opinions, however cautiously articulated, in wall posters. Curiosity began to grow over what might appear next. There was a kind of magnetic energy that transformed the place from a transit point to a vital source of information…”
The Twentieth Anniversary of the Democracy Wall Movement
By Merle Goldman
Graffiti art in today’s China - an outgrowth of the Democracy Wall or…?