Chinese state-run newspaper article published during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
April 26 Editorial
Traditional Chinese
四二六社論
Simplified Chinese
四·二六社论
Hanyu Pinyin
Sì'èrliù Shèlùn
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Sì'èrliù Shèlùn
Official name
Traditional Chinese
必須旗幟鮮明地反對動亂
Simplified Chinese
必须旗帜鲜明地反对动乱
Hanyu Pinyin
Bìxǖ Qízhì Xiānmíngde Fǎndùi Dòngluàn
Literal meaning
We Must Take a Clear-cut Stand against Disturbances
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Bìxǖ Qízhì Xiānmíngde Fǎndùi Dòngluàn
The April 26 Editorial was a front-page article published in People's Daily on April 26, 1989, during the Tiananmen Square protests. The editorial effectively defined the student movement as a destabilizing anti-party revolt that should be resolutely opposed at all levels of society. As the first authoritative document from the top leadership on the growing movement, it was widely interpreted as having communicated the party's zero-tolerance position to student protesters and their sympathizers.
The contents of the editorial were derived from a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) during the 13th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the residence of Deng Xiaoping on the morning of April 25. During the meeting, the PSC came to the general agreement that the students aimed to overthrow Communist rule and were being heavily influenced by similar anti-Communist movements in Eastern Europe.[1][2][3] As such, it threatened the survival of the existing senior leadership, the CCP, and the political system itself. Deputy chief of propaganda Zeng Jianhui wrote the draft, while Hu Qili and Li Peng served as editors. On the evening of April 25, the finished editorial could be heard on national radio and television news stations.[4]
The editorial enraged the student protesters, widened the chasm between the students and the CCP leadership, and emerged as a sore point of contention for the rest of the movement. Students protested in large numbers on April 27, and thereafter continuously asked for the editorial to be retracted. Within the party leadership, Zhao Ziyang advocated for the editorial to be "toned down" or rescinded, but faced significant opposition and was unsuccessful.
^Bandurski, David (2023-06-02). "How a Massacre Shaped China's Media". China Media Project. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
^Zhang Liang, The Tiananmen Papers, eds. Perry Link and Andrew J. Nathan, p. 71. New York: PublicAffairs, 2001.
^Li, Peng (2010). The Critical Moment: Li Peng Diaries. Hong Kong: Au Ya Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921815-00-3.
^Link and Nathan in The Tiananmen Papers, p. 75.
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