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The goddess of democracy, Tiananmen SquareThis week marks the sixteen-year anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese army opened fire on students and citizens protesting for reforms and greater freedom. openDemocracy’s image of the week is the iconic papier-mache symbol of the pro-democracy movement.
30 - 05 - 2005
The Goddess of Democracy (民主女神; pinyin: mínzhǔ nǚshén) was a 10 metre high statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Inspired by New York’s Statue of Liberty, it was constructed from styrofoam and papier-mâché in only four days by students of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. It was erected in Tiananmen Square on 30 May, facing the large portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate, and destroyed by the army during the massacre on 4 June.  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
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