![]() “Our Shattered Hopes” begins promisingly, with Zhang talking about growing up during the Cultural Revolution, and the optimism in China after Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. Now, in this powerful graphic novel, Zhang pairs with French journalist and Asia specialist Adrien Gombeaud, and artist Ameziane, to share his unvarnished memory of this crucial moment in world history for the first time. ![]() Lun Zhang was just a young sociology teacher then, in charge of management and safety service for the protests. When reports of soldiers marching into Beijing to suppress the protests reverberated across Western airwaves, the world didn’t know what to expect. As tens of thousands of students and concerned Chinese citizens took to the streets demanding political reforms, the fate of China’s communist system was unknown. ![]() Over 30 years ago, on April 15th 1989, the occupation of Tiananmen Square began. ![]() Follow the story of China’s infamous June Fourth Incident - otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre - from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all. ![]()
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