编辑手记：纪念八九民运
Editors’ Note: The 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement and June Fourth
The English translation follows below.
今年是八九民运36周年，本周也是六四36周年纪念。过去几年，关于六四的强迫失忆愈演愈烈。如今在香港，公共图书馆下架了关于六四的书籍，电视台也下架了关于六四的节目，纪念六四也成为罪行。但这些审查和打压无法吓退追求真相与问责的人们。在全球各地各世代一同纪念六四之际，中国民间档案馆希望通过分享我们收集的关于六四的记忆与思考，与大家共同恢复历史真相、重建历史记忆。
截至目前，档案馆有40多个关于八九民运和六四的条目，读者可点击网站首页的“全部馆藏”，在左侧筛选栏的“档案主题”下拉菜单中选择“八九民运和天安门镇压”获取所有相关条目。
档案馆的收藏目前包括运动参与者和记者对六四的讲述与回顾，如吴仁华的《八九天安门事件大事记》、江棋生的《六四镇压受害者状况民间报告》、十七位流亡海外的学生领袖与1991年在巴黎举行的“八九学运历史回顾与反思研讨会”的会议记录《回顾与反思》、和前《星岛日报》记者蔡淑芳的《广场活碑：一个香港女记者眼中的六四血光》；以及六四中高层关键人物的视角，如《李鹏六四日记》和赵紫阳的回忆录《改革历程》；还有后来学者从不同角度对这场运动的全面梳理和深入分析，如赵鼎新对六四的社会学分析《天安门的力量：国家·社会关系与1989学生运动》和政治学者陈小雅的《天安门之变——八九民运史》。
同时，档案馆还收录有官方文件，例如六四后政府发布的国务院公报《1989年北京制止动乱平息反革命暴乱纪事》、由国家教委思想政治工作司编纂的对于六四的官方叙述《惊心动魄的五十六天》，和加拿大驻华使馆1989年的外交备忘录《加拿大政府六四事件解密档案》。
我们还要特别感谢香港新世纪出版社创办人、赵紫阳前政治秘书鲍彤之子鲍朴授权档案馆收录2019年出版的《最后的秘密——中共十三届四中全会“六四”结论文档》，书中文件来自六四后举行的两次中共高层会议，是在中共党内对“六四”事件作出最后结论时形成。
去年，为了纪念六四三十五周年，鲍朴还写了一篇新文章《关于〈天安门文件〉“真伪”的新证据》并授权档案馆独家发布。在与遮蔽和扭曲真相的势力对抗的过程中，我们需要时刻保持警醒，对手中的材料进行仔细甄别。正是出于此理念，鲍朴对《中国“六四"真相》（《中国“六四”真相》是《天安门文件》的中文版书名）一进行了批判性分析。该书据称是由化名“张良”的人提供的政府内部档案编辑而成。自2001年出版以来，该书受到外界对于其真实性的质疑。鲍朴在他的文章中通过与近期出版的其他史料与书籍比照，指出《天安门文件》中的疑点，他提到的很多参考资料也收录于本档案馆中。
新冠疫情和白纸运动为六四纪念活动带来了新的面貌。一方面，我们看到对自由与民主之追求的传承延续；另一方面，年轻一代的行动者也展现出对于历史的深刻反思以及对抗争目标更进一步的想象。因此，档案馆也在努力收集更多关于当下的内容。我们欢迎广大读者向我们提供收录建议和相关资源。
本期推荐档案：
《加拿大政府六四事件解密档案》（英文）
Editors’ Note: The 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement and June Fourth
This year marks the 36th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and its violent suppression on the night of June 3 and early hours of June 4, 1989. In the past few years, the repression of memories about June Fourth has further intensified. Now even in Hong Kong, public libraries have removed books about June Fourth from their shelves, TV channels have hidden episodes on June Fourth from online archives, and commemoration of June Fourth has become a crime. However, many people continue to pursue truth and accountability despite such censorship and suppression. As people around the world commemorate June Fourth, we at the China Unofficial Archives would like to share our collection of June Fourth material in an effort to restore truth and reconstruct our memories.
At present, the Archives holds more than 40 entries on the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the June Fourth incident. To access all related entries, please click on “Explore” on the homepage, and select “1989 Tiananmen Protest and Suppression” from the drop-down menu under “Theme” on the left side of the webpage.
Among the Archives’ collection, there are accounts by participants and journalists, such as Wu Renhua’s Major Events, Tiananmen 1989, Jiang Qisheng’s Civilian Report on the Situation of the June Fourth Victims in China, proceedings of the “Historical Review and Reflection of the 1989 Student Movement Seminar” held in Paris in 1991 by seventeen exiled student leaders (Retrospect and Reflection), and Living Monument in the Square: June Fourth Bloodshed through the Eyes of a Hong Kong Woman Reporter by Choi Suk Fong, former reporter of Sing Tao Daily; and perspectives of key figures at the top, such as Li Peng's June Fourth Diary and Zhao Ziyang’s memoir The Course of Reform; as well as scholarly analysis of the movement from different perspectives, such as Zhao Dingxin’s sociological analysis The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement and political science scholar Chen Xiaoya’s History of the 1989 Democracy Movement.
In addition, the China Unofficial Archives also holds official documents, such as the State Council communiqué issued after the June Fourth incident, Chronicle of the 1989 Counter-Revolutionary Rebellion in Beijing, the official account of June Fourth compiled by the Department of Ideological and Political Work of then State Education Commission, Fifty-Six Thrilling Days, and a 1989 diplomatic memorandum of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, Declassified Files of the Canadian Government on the June Fourth Incident.
We would also like to express our special thanks to Bao Pu, founder of Hong Kong's New Century Press and son of Bao Tong, former political secretary of Zhao Ziyang, for authorizing China Unofficial Archives to include the 2019 book The Last Secret: The Final Documents from the June Fourth Crackdown. The documents in this book are from two high-level Chinese Communist Party meetings held after June Fourth, which were formed when the Party made its final conclusions on the June Fourth incident.
Last year, for the 35th anniversary of the crackdown, Bao Pu wrote an exclusive piece for the archives, “New Evidence Concerning the Authenticity of the Tiananmen Papers.” In confronting the formidable forces that obscure and distort history, we need to always be vigilant and careful in scrutinizing the materials at hand. It is in this spirit that Bao critically analyzes The Tiananmen Papers, which the Archives also includes. This book is made up of documents that allegedly were compiled from internal government files provided by a person going by the pseudonym Zhang Liang. Since its publication in 2001, there have been questions about its authenticity. Bao, however, points out inconsistencies in The Tiananmen Papers by comparing them with other historical sources and recently published books. Many of the references he mentions are also included in the China Unofficial Archives.
In the past few years, we see that the three-year long COVID-19 lockdown and the “White Paper Movement” have added new layers to the June Fourth commemoration. On one hand, we see the continuation of the pursuit of freedom and democracy; on the other hand, the younger generation of activists has also shown deep, critical reflections on the movement. Therefore, going forward, the China Unofficial Archives will continue collecting materials about events from recent years. We welcome suggestions and resources from our readers.
Recommended archives (most of the following archives are in Chinese unless otherwise noted; the hyperlinks include introductions to the works in English):
Civilian Report on the Situation of the June Fourth Victims in China
Living Monument in the Square: June Fourth Bloodshed through the Eyes of a Hong Kong Woman Reporter
The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement
History of the 1989 Democracy Movement
Chronicle of the 1989 Counter-Revolutionary Rebellion in Beijing
Declassified Files of the Canadian Government on the June Fourth Incident (English)
The Last Secret: The Final Documents from the June Fourth Crackdown
“New Evidence Concerning the Authenticity of the Tiananmen Papers” (English)
Thank you for this.
We must try to get as many individuals as possible to realize the extent of the Crimes Against Humanity perpetrated by the CCP, Mao to now.
Here is one of my efforts towards that realization:
MUSEUM OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) MAO TO XI
Holding Ideologues Aiding and Abetting the CCP Morally Accountable
https://responsiblyfree.substack.com/p/museum-of-crimes-against-humanity,