Timeline of June Fourth Activities around the World

April
May
June


Country/
Territory

Date & Time

Event

Organizer

Location

April 4 – April 5, 2009

Hong Kong

11 AM (April 4) – 6 PM (April 5)

Ching Ming Wreath Presentation Ceremony

HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China

Clock tower, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

April 5, 2009

USA

12 PM

Szeto Wah tour:
Presenting Wreaths for Democracy

HK Alliance

Portsmouth Square,
San Francisco

USA

2-5 PM

Szeto Wah tour:
Open Discussion Forum: “Twenty Years of the Reality of June Fourth”

HK Alliance

Peninsula Conference Room
Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport
401 E Millbrae Ave, Millbrae, CA
94030

April 6, 2009

USA

7-9 PM

Szeto Wah tour:
Lecture: Hong Kong Perspective of the “One Country, Two Systems” Policy

HK Alliance

Tilden Hall,
5/F Martin Luther King Building,
UC Berkeley

April 10-13, 2009

Hong Kong

12 PM–7 PM

Democracy and Human Rights – A Message for Easter

HK Alliance

4/10: Causeway Bay MTR Station
4/11: Sai Yeung Choi St, Mong Kok
4/12: Wan Chai MTR station
4/13: Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan

April 11, 2009

Canada

1-4 PM

Szeto Wah tour:
Public Forum: The Trials and Hardships of “June Fourth” through the Hardship of Limits of Democracy in China

HK Alliance

Vancouver Central Library, 350 West Georgia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

April 15, 2009

USA

7:15-9:30 PM

Szeto Wah tour:
Public Forum and Reception: Reviewing the Twenty Years since June Fourth and September Seventh and Looking to the Future

HK Alliance

Fong Auditorium
Boylston Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA

April 16, 2009

USA

12 noon

Szeto Wah tour:
Wreath Presentation at the Tiananmen Square

HK Alliance

Boston, USA

USA

3:30 PM

Szeto Wah tour:
Public Forum and Press Conference

HK Alliance

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
62 Mott St.
New York, NY

April 21-23, 2009

Hong Kong

8:00 AM (April 21) – 23:59 PM (April 23)

64-hour hunger strike

Lingnan University student group

Wing-On Plaza
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

April 21, 2009; 12:30-2:00PM

“Rethinking June 4” Forum

HK Polytechnic University

HK Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

April 25, 2009

Canada

7 PM

TAXI Project Play

TAXI Project

Room 111, Gilmour Hall, Council Chambers, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

April 29, 2009

USA

9 AM – 4 PM

MAYDAY! Peace Conference: Tiananmen + 20 Years

Gustavus Adolphus College

Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Ave., Saint Peter, MN, USA

May 2, 2009

Hong Kong

3-5 PM

Y89 Movement: Reception

Hong Kong Federation of Students

Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Canada

June 4th-related Theater

TAXI Project

33 Cecil Street, Toronto, Ontario

May 4-June 4, 2009

Online

Global Web Congress to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen Massacre

June 4th Congress volunteers

Online at Citizens Web Forum

May 16-June 14, 2009

Hong Kong

12-8 PM

Art Exhibit: When Loving One’s Country Is Precarious

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

Cattle Depot Artist Village
63 Ma Tau Kok Rd
To Kwa Wan
Kowloon, Hong Kong

May 23, 2009

Hong Kong

3-6 PM

Book Reading and Picnic: Opening Books outside the Square

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

Cattle Depot Artist Village
63 Ma Tau Kok Rd
To Kwa Wan
Kowloon, Hong Kong

May 24, 2009

USA

11AM – 2 PM

Spirit of Freedom: Exhibition and ceremony commemorating the Tiananmen Massacre and Celebrating Fall of Berlin Wall

Visual Artists Guild

House of Blues LA
8430 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA, USA

May 25, 2009

Hong Kong

7-9:30 p.m.

Movie Screenings & Discussion

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

Art & Culture Outreach
1/F Foo Tak Building
365 Hennessy Rd
Wan Chai, Hong Kong

May 29-June 29, 2009

USA

6/4 Photo exhibition: “Zero”

Khiang H. Hei

Christopher Henry Gallery
127 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY, USA

May 29, 2009

Hong Kong

Joint Public Statements for the ‘Rectification of June 4th Verdict'

HK Alliance

Apple Daily newspaper

Hong Kong

7-11 PM

Concert: That Summer Was Especially Hot

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

HKICC Shau Kee School of Creativity Field
135 Junction Rd
Kowloon, Hong Kong

May 30, 2009

England

12:30 - 4 PM

Demonstration, Action, and Stall in memoriam of 20th Anniversary

Amnesty International (Leeds)

Victoria Gardens
Headrow
Leeds, UK

England

7-8 PM

Lantern event in memoriam of 20th Anniversary

Amnesty International (Sheffield)

Sheffield Town Hall
Pinstone St
Sheffield, UK

USA

7-9 PM

Candlelight Vigil

Remember64

Washington Monument
Washington DC, USA

Canada

1-3 PM

Sending a Yellow Flower to the Martyrs

Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement

Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson Street
Vancouer, B.C.

May 31, 2009

Hong Kong

3:00 PM

May 31 Demonstration to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of June 4

HK Alliance

(beginning) Victoria Park
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

USA

11 AM

Rally and Photo Exhibition

Democratic Forum of China

Flushing Public Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355

USA

1:30 – 4:00 PM

March for Freedom and Democracy in China

Hong Kong Forum Los Angeles, Visual Artists Guild, Alliance for Democracy in China, et al

Start: Statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Central Plaza on N. Broadway)

Finish: Consulate-General of the PRC

USA

1 PM

Motorcade Parade Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of June Fourth

Democratic Forum of China

Start: Flushing Meadows Lake, Flushing, NY

Finish: Consulate-General of the PRC, NY

USA

1-4 PM

Rally
Speakers include Fang Zheng and other activists

Hing Hay Park
King St and Maynard Ave
Seattle, WA

USA

4:30 PM

Commemoration before the Goddess of Democracy Statue

Chinese Democracy Education Foundation

Portsmouth Square
Chinatown
San Francisco, CA

USA

5:30-8:30 PM

Panel Discussion

Chinese Democracy Education Foundation

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
836 Stockton St
San Francisco, CA

Canada

10 AM - until

Memorial Service: Tribute to the Goddess of Democracy

Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement

10 AM - 12 PM:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
3789 Royal Oak Avenue
Burnaby, BC

12 PM - until:
Studen Union Building
University of BC
Student Union Boulevard
Vancouer, BC

Canada

1-4 PM

Public forum:
From Tiananmen ’89 to Charter ’08: China’s Road to Democracy

Toronto Association for Democracy in China & Federation for a Democratic China

Department of Sociology in Equity Studies
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario

Canada

6:30 PM

June Fourth 20th Anniversary Rally and March

Toronto Association for Democracy in China & Federation for a Democratic China

PRC Consulate
240 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada

7:30 PM

Candlelight Vigil for the 20th Anniversary of June Fourth

Toronto Association for Democracy in China & Federation for a Democratic China

Tiananmen Square Monument
12 Hart House Circle
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

June 1-4, 2009

USA

Screening of four June 4 films : The Gate of Heavenly Peace;
The Tank Man; Tragedy at Tiananmen: the Untold Story;
Summer Palace

Northwestern University

Forum Room
Main Library
1970 Campus Dr
Evanston, IL

June 1-30, 2009

USA

Exhibit: Remembering Tiananmen Square 1989

Northwestern University

Main Library
1970 Campus Dr
Evanston, IL

June 1, 2009

USA

1 – 6PM

Symposium: “Remembering Tiananmen”
Includes keynote speech by Wang Dan

Northwestern University

Hardin Hall
Rebecca Crown Center
633 Clark St
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA

Canada

7 PM

Forum: Tiananmen, 20 Years Later

Rights & Democracy

535, avenue Viger Est
Centre d’archives de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hong Kong

7-9:30 p.m.

Movie Screenings & Discussion

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

Art & Culture Outreach
1/F Foo Tak Building
365 Hennessy Rd
Wan Chai, Hong Kong

June 2 – June 4, 2009

USA

9 AM (June 2) – 5 PM (June 4)

Conference and photo exhibition: Commemorating the Unforgettable

Laogai Research Foundation, Laogai Museum, National Endowment for Democracy

June 2, 9 AM – 2 PM
National nEdowment for Democracy
1025 F Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20004

June 2, 5 – 8 PM
Laogai Museum
1109 M Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005

June 4, 9 AM – 5PM
Rayburn Foyer
Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

June 3, 3009

USA

6:30 PM

Tiananmen Mothers -- 20 Years Later
Screening , Panel Discussion, and Reception

Human Rights in China

Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021

Japan

7 PM

Vigil and Rally

Amnesty International (Japan)

West Gate
Utsubo Park
Near 2chou-me
Utsubo Honmachi
Nishi-ku, Osaka

England

6:30 - 8:30 PM

Seminar: No Forgetting

Speakers include Wu Renhua and Wang Rongfen

Imperial College Students Union

Clore Theatre
Huxley Building
Imperial College

France

7-9 PM

Visual arts exhibit: "4/6 20"

Performance by Chinese rock band Pangu

Amnesty International (France)

Esplanade of Human Rights
Trocadero Gardens
Paris

Germany

6-8 PM

Solidarity Protest at PRC Consulate-General

Students for a Free Tibet (Germany)

Consulate-General of the PRC
Mainzer Landstrasse 175
Frankfurt am Main

June 4, 2009 - until

USA

Online Art Exhibition: China: June 4, 1989

Asian American Arts Centre

Online at artspiral.org

June 4, 2009

Hong Kong

Joint Public Statements for the ‘Rectification of June 4th Verdict’

HK Alliance

Apple Daily newspaper

Hong Kong

8 PM

Candlelight Vigil for the 20th Anniversary of June Fourth

HK Alliance

Victoria Park
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

USA

10 AM - 2 PM

Commemorative Rally

Initiatives for China

Capitol Hill West Lawn, Washington, DC, USA

USA

6 PM

Play: Commemorative Performance of Letters to a Student Revolutionary

Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Students/Seniors/Group (10+): $20

Metamorphosis Theatre Company

The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 N. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

USA

7 PM - 9 PM

Candlelight Vigil

Initiatives for China

Victims of Communism Memorial, Massachusetts Ave., DC

USA

8 PM

Candlelight Vigil

Hong Kong Forum Los Angeles, Visual Artists Guild, Alliance for Democracy in China, et al

Consulate-General of the PRC
443 Shatto Place
Los Angeles, CA 90020

USA

8– 10PM

Candlelight Vigil

Chinese Tibetan Friendship Collective & Amnesty International

Portsmouth Square
San Francisco, CA, USA

USA

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Poetry Reading & Petition

Amnesty International-Chapter #248

BAGUA - 4732 NE 2 Avenue, Miami, FL, USA

Singapore

11 AM – 9 PM

Public art installation: Goddess of Democracy paper statues

Substation Gallery

Substation Gallery
45 Armenia St.
Singapore

Japan

6 PM

Rally

Mr Wan
+81(0)80-6587-8830

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
5th floor Conference Hall
1-8-1 Nishi Ikebukuro
Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Canada

12 noon

Bike-in, Die-in, Music, Theatre and Poetry

Toronto Association for Democracy in China &
Federation for a Democratic China

Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto City Hall
Toronto, ON

Canada

10 AM – 3 PM

Demonstration

Meijie Han

PRC Consulate
3380 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC

Canada

7 PM - until

Demmocracy Walk and Candlelight Vigil

Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement

Starts: Granville Street / 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC

Finish: PRC Consulate
3380 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC

Worldwide

Tank Man Tango

Forget2Forget

Around the world, including:

Germany

4 PM

Tank Man Tango Weimar, Germany

Forget2Forget

ACC Galerie
Burgplatz 1+2
Weimar, Germany

Australia

5 PM

Tank Man Tango Sydney, Australia

Forget2Forget

Serial Space
33 Wellington St
Chippendale, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Singapore

8-9 PM

Tank Man Tango Singapore

Forget2Forget

The Substation
45 Armenian St
Singapore

England

10 AM – 1 PM

Laying of flowers at PRC Embassy

Embassy of the PRC
49-51 Portland Pl
London

England

10 AM – 1 PM

Rally: Justice through Accountability

Amnesty International UK

Embassy of the PRC
49-51 Portland Pl
London

England

5:30-8:40 PM

Seminar: 20th Anniversary of the 4 June Students Movement - the History and Memory
Speakers include: Zhang Wei and Ma Jian

Center of Chinese Studies, SOAS

Khalili Theatre
SOAS
Thornhaugh St
Russell Square

England

8-11 PM

Candlelight Vigil at PRC Embassy

Chinese Solidarity Campaign

Embassy of the PRC
49-51 Portland Pl
London

England

8-9 PM

Lantern Ceremony: A River of Lights for Tiananmen

Amnesty International Cambridge and Chinese Salon

Fort St. Geroge Pub
Mid Summer Commons
Cambridge University

Northern Ireland

June 4, 2009; 11 AM

Demonstration in Memoriam of 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Amnesty International (UK)

Steps of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliament Buildings
Belfast, UK

Scotland

7PM

Panel discussion: Tiananmen Square Twenty Years On

Amnesty International (UK)

Hillhead Library
348 Byres Road
Glasgow, UK

England

7:30 – 9:30 PM

Screening of The Tank Man

Martin Ruddock

Nuffield, Lecture Theatre A
University Road
Southampton, UK

France

7 PM - 12 AM

Commemorative events, including: Documentary screenings (Tiananmen Generation, 1989-2009; There Were No Deaths on Tiananmen Square); testimony of Zhang Jian; concert by Chinese rock band Pangu; symposium on June Fourth; and painting exhibition

Amnesty International (France)

House of Metal (Maison des Metallos)
94 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
Paris

Germany

4:30 - 6 PM

Vigil at PRC Consulate-General

Students for a Free Tibet (Germany)

Consulate-General of the PRC
Mainzer Landstrasse 175
Frankfurt am Main

Germany

6 PM

Documentary screening: Gate of Heavenly Peace (free)

Students for a Free Tibet (Germany)

Margarete-Bieber-Saal
Ludwigstr. 34
University of Giessen

Australia

7 PM

649 exhibition

Serial Space

Serial Space
33 Wellington St
Chippendale, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Czech Republic

9PM

Memorial concert by Chinese rock revival band Kungpao

Kungpao

Restaurace Na Slamníku
Wolkerova 12 1a
Bubeneč, Prague
Czech Republic

June 8, 2009

Hong Kong

7-9:30 p.m.

Movie Screenings & Discussion

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

Art & Culture Outreach
1/F Foo Tak Building
365 Hennessy Rd
Wan Chai, Hong Kong

June 15, 2009

Hong Kong

7-9:30 p.m.

Movie Screenings & Discussion

P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation

Art & Culture Outreach
1/F Foo Tak Building
365 Hennessy Rd
Wan Chai, Hong Kong