Tian'anmen
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Tian'anmen
- Alternative form of Tiananmen
- [1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 532, column 2:
- Adjoining the parks on the south is part of the remaining southern wall of the former Imperial city. The wall is pierced by T'ien-an Men (Gate of Heavenly Peace), on which China's Communist leaders gather on ceremonial occasions to review military and civilian parades in the square adjoining the gate.]
- 2005, Jennifer Zeng, translated by Sue Wiles, Witnessing History, Soho Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 333:
- 27 October 1999 The People's Daily publishes the article '"Falun Gong" is an evil cult', written by a special commentator. Approximately 600 practitioners are arrested in Tian'anmen. Seventeen practitioners drape a Falun Gong banner across the rostrum of Tian'anmen.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tian'anmen.
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