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Fang Zhou

Fang Zhou (20th century), the Chinese political activist, participated in Chinese student's strike for democracy at Tiananmen Square (1989). He is famous for writing poems dedicated to hunger strikers and posted them on wall of Student Broadcast Station at Beijing University.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • People, people
We are not heirs of the dragon,
We are but grass
Growing on ancient and barren ground.
We are poor in money and status
Not in courage nor intelligence.
Facing a long night with no dawn
We offer up the torch of our lives.
...................................
If I fail
Please don't remove
My lettered headband...
- "The Call (dedicated to the hunger strikers)," honouring the student uprising in Tiananmen Square, China, posted on the wall of the Student Broadcast Station, Beijing University (May 20, 1989)

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

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