Dissident who splashed ink on Mao portrait during 1989 protests dies in the US

One of the dissidents responsible for splashing ink on a portrait of Mao Zedong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations passed away last month in the US, his widow said Monday. Yu Zhijian, 53, died on March 30 of complications related to diabetes, his widow Xian Gui’e said by phone from their home in Indiana … Continue reading Dissident who splashed ink on Mao portrait during 1989 protests dies in the US