Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1206-W830

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1206-W830

Release Date: May 10, 2019

发布日：2019年5月10日

Topic: Opening Remarks at the Artwork Exhibition Which Marks the 30th Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre in Beijing, in Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA -- Huang Ciping

标题：在美国首都华盛顿的国会山前举办纪念6.4屠杀30周年绘画巡展的开场白 -- 黄慈萍

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Opening Remarks at the Artwork Exhibition Which Marks the 30th Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre in Beijing, in Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA

-- Huang Ciping

May 2, 2019, 2 pm to 5 pm

At the Union Square, in front of the US Capitol, Washington DC, USA

Today, we open the curtain to initiate the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 6.4 Massacre in Washington DC through this art exhibition in front of the US Capitol. It is co-sponsored by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, Humanitarian China, Liberty Sculpture Park, China Democracy Party National Committee, Los Angeles China Democratic Platform, China Freedom Alliance etc. The exhibition includes more than 100 paintings about the 1989 Democracy Movement in China that have been accumulated since the June 4 Massacre in Beijing. Washington is the third stop of the tour of these artworks.

Today, I am also hosting this event with a very heavy heart. Because I just came back from Europe in an effort to investigate the unusual death of our fellow, Mr. Zhang Jian of Paris, who died in Munich on his way back from Thailand to Paris; and thus I requested the German officials to investigate.

Mr. Zhang Jian was an important active figure in the overseas Chinese democracy movement. In 1989, he participated in the democracy movement and served as the director of the student picket team. In May 2001, Zhang Jian went to exile in Paris, France. Mr. Wei Jingsheng helped him to apply for political asylum successfully. After that, he participated in the democracy movement often. In July 2017 and June 2018, he came to participate in our activities in Europe. Last October and February this year, I also met with him for hours to talk about the democracy movement, especially regarding the arranging of events for this year's 30th anniversary of the June 4 Massacre. The 6.4 commemoration T-shirt I am wearing now received his advice and encouragement.

In the early morning of June 4, 1989, opposite the East Management Station of Tiananmen Square, which was surrounded by the Chinese army, Zhang Jian was shot when tried to protect the students. The stray bullets shot by the Army officer hit his leg, resulting in fracture. The bullet did not go through, and stayed in his body for 19 years. In November 2008, the French Military Hospital in Paris took it out. Zhang Jian said that he was the living evidence of the June 4 Massacre. After he was shot on June 4th 1989, the students on Tiananmen Square sent Zhang Jian to the Beijing Tongren Hospital, and the other three people who went there with him in the same wagon all died. Zhang Jian stayed in Tongren Hospital for 90 days due to his injuries. The bullet taken from him, the X-ray photos, hospitalization bills, as well as discharge and diagnostic documents are now on display at the June 4th Museum in Hong Kong.

On April 16, 2019, Zhang Jian returned to Paris, France on Oman Air flight WY131. The flight was diverted to Munich, Germany, as he got very ill. He was sent to the hospital and died on April 18.

As the 30th anniversary of the 6.4 massacre is approaching, we will not be discouraged and will never give up even though we have lost Zhang Jian, one of the living testimonies of the 6.4 Massacre. We will continue to commemorate the martyrs and inherit their will until the arrival of freedom and democracy in China.

Here, I want to end my opening remarks of this art exhibition with a poem of the netizen Hua Po in mourning of Zhang Jian:

As Zhang Jian passed away, the Internet filled with sadness;

I have no intersection with him, thus no memories;

But I know that if he was saved, he will go to heaven;.

I will catch him up with my blessings.

In my heart

He is a symbol, symbolizing the time on Tiananmen Square;

He is a commemoration, commemorating the years that generation experienced;

He is a representative, representing the Chinese exile overseas;

He is entrusted, to tell us to move forward anyway;

He is the hope, hoping his comrades take him back to his hometown that he has not seen for so long.

The 6.4th martyrs, rest in peace! Zhang Jian, rest in peace!

What follow will be speeches by

Wei Jingsheng, Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition;

Chen Weiming, the famous artist;

Wang Juntao, Chairman of the China Democracy Party National Committee, and

Xia Yeliang, the founder of the China Freedom Alliance. Afterwards, we will be open to friends who want to speak at their will.

Related photos:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2019/newsletters2019-2/CapitolHill190509HuangCopening.jpg

The following is a link to the VOA report of this event:

Https://www.voachinese.com/a/june-4th-arts-exhibition-20190509/4911701.html

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1206-W830

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1206-W830

Release Date: May 10, 2019

发布日：2019年5月10日

Topic: Opening Remarks at the Artwork Exhibition Which Marks the 30th Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre in Beijing, in Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA -- Huang Ciping

标题：在美国首都华盛顿的国会山前举办纪念6.4屠杀30周年绘画巡展的开场白 -- 黄慈萍

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在美国首都华盛顿的国会山前举办纪念6.4屠杀30周年绘画巡展的开场白

-- 黄慈萍

2019年5月9日下午2点至5点

美国国会山前主轴映水池前（西3街之东）合众广场

今天，魏京生基金会、人道中国、自由雕塑公园、中国民主党全委会、洛杉矶民主平台、华夏自由联盟等组织在美国国会山前举办"纪念6.4屠杀30周年绘画巡展"，为我们在美国首都华盛顿纪念6.4屠杀30周年活动拉开序幕。今天的展品包括6.4屠杀后积攒的上百幅有关1989年民主运动的绘画艺术。华盛顿为该巡展的第三站。

今天，我也是怀着极其沉重的心情来主持这场活动。因为我刚刚从欧洲回来，了解我们在法国巴黎的同道张健先生在从泰国回巴黎的途中，在慕尼黑的离奇死亡，并因此要求德国官方调查。

张健先生是海外民运的重要活跃人物，1989年他参与民主运动，担任学生纠察队总指挥。2001年5月，张健流亡法國巴黎。为此，魏京生先生帮助他申请了政治避难。之后，他多次参加民运活动。前年7月与去年6月，他来参加我们在欧洲的活动。去年10月与今年二月，我还与他见面若干小时，谈论民运大事，尤其是今年6.4屠杀30周年的纪念活动。我现在身穿的这件6.4纪念衫就包含有他的意见与推动。

1989年6月4日凌晨在天安門廣場東管理台对面，在戒严部队包围天安门广场，張健和戒严部队面对，保护同学时，被戒严部队部队军官射出的流弹击中腿部，造成粉碎性骨折。這顆子彈沒有貫穿，而是留在了张健體內19年，2008年11月法国巴黎军医院取出来。张健表示自己就是六四屠殺的證據。六四中枪后後，广场学生把张健推到北京同仁医院，同车的另外三人都死亡。张健在同仁醫院養傷九十天。张健取出的子弹，和X光照片，还有住院的收费单据，出院和诊断单据，现在都在香港六四博物馆展览收藏。

2019年4月16日，張健乘坐安曼航空WY131航班返回法國巴黎，奇异因病导致航班緊急迫降德國慕尼黑，被送入醫院搶救無效后于4月18日逝世。

在这6.4屠杀30周年将至之时，尽管我们失去了张健这座6.4屠杀的活见证，我们不会气馁，也绝不放弃。我们还将继续纪念先烈，继承他们的遗志，直到中国自由民主到来之时。

在此，我以网民花婆娑悼念张健的诗来结束：

张健逝去，满屏悲伤

我与他没有交集，无可回忆

但我知道，他若得救，必去天家

我将祝福把他追上

在我心中

他是象征，象征广场上的时光

他是纪念，纪念那代人经历的岁月

他是代表，代表流亡海外流亡的赤子

他是嘱托，告诉我们无论如何都要前行

他是盼望，盼望同道携他回到那阔别已久的家乡

6.4的先烈们安息吧。张健，安息吧！

以下请中国民主运动海外联席会议主席魏京生、著名艺术家陈维明、中国民主党全委会主席王军涛、华夏自由联盟发起人、独立学者夏业良教授等发表演讲，也欢迎来临的朋友们自由发言。