Bullets and Opium
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120. Yin Jing, male, 36, employee at the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry in Beijing; son-in-law of the deputy chief prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate
On the night of June 3, Yin was in his home on the eighth floor of building no. 22 in the Muxidi District, when he turned on his light and went into the kitchen. A sharpshooter shot him in the head, killing him.
121. Name unknown, female, over 60, a housekeeper from Wan County, Sichuan Province, who was serving in building no. 22 in Muxidi in the home of a vice minister
According to the testimony of the son of the deceased, on the night of June 3, the sound of gunfire in the street sparked the woman’s curiosity. She leaned out from the fourteenth-floor balcony of the vice minister’s home and looked down. She was noticed by an army sharpshooter, who shot her in the stomach. She was killed.
122. Zhao Long, male, 21, Beijing resident and high school graduate
Zhao left home at one a.m. on June 4 and was shot three times on the left side of his chest while passing through a street in Xidan. He fell over dead. On June 7 his family found his remains at the Beijing No. 2 Hospital.
123. Lei Guangtai, male, 33, driver for the Xitaishang Village production brigade in Miaocheng rural district in Huairou County, Beijing
In June 1989, the motor transport brigade was undertaking an earth-moving project for the customs building under construction at Jianguomen. There was some free time on the evening of June 3, so two of Lei’s colleagues invited him to go along to Tiananmen Square to see the Goddess of Liberty statue. They reached the Nanchizi area around eleven p.m. and were squatting down at the base of the red wall there to smoke cigarettes, when army vehicles arrived from the direction of East Chang’an Avenue, accompanied by the sounds of random gunfire. Lei and his coworkers hurriedly put out their cigarettes. No sooner had Lei stood up than he was hit by a bullet. People ran in a panic. Many fell to gunshots and blood flowed in the streets. Some people saw Lei taken away by local residents in a three-wheeled cart. But where did he go? Nobody knows.
124. Zhong Junjun, male, 22, third-year student at the Beijing University of Agriculture
On the night of June 3, Zhong rode his bicycle to Tiananmen with classmates to support the students. He was hit by bullets on the way and taken to the Beijing Emergency Medical Center, but he could not be helped.
125. Gao Yuan, male, 24, a physician in the department of traditional Chinese medicine at the Shijingshan Hospital in Beijing
Late on the night of June 3, while in front of the Fuxingmen subway station, Gao was hit in the chest by two dumdum bullets that went right through him, front to back, ripping open a hole the size of a soup bowl. An elderly man braved the gunfire to take him to Children’s Hospital in a three-wheeled cart. Gao moaned all the way and was still breathing when he arrived, but the hospital was full. He died from blood loss. On June 9, his remains were transferred to Fuxing Hospital. The mountain of corpses stacked up in the hospital was too much for the morgue, so the bicycle shed became a temporary one. Finally, on June 11, Gao’s family, after searching for him everywhere, found him in a stack of corpses and pulled him out. His body had decomposed and changed shape. In order to hold a memorial ceremony for him, his work unit was compelled to state in written form that Gao had been accidentally injured.
126. Ni Shilian, male, 24, employee at the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s Beijing design institute
Seven young people got together on the night of June 3 to go on a bicycle ride. Ni was one of them. When the group got to Xidan at around eleven p.m., they came under fire from martial law troops. Bullets hit Ni in the chest and abdomen and he fell to the ground. The others scattered. The crowd took him to the Xuanwu Hospital, where treatment proved ineffective. His work unit did not issue a death certificate until 1990. Their conclusion was that he had violated the martial law order and so was responsible for the consequences. A so-called consolation fund of 835 yuan, a sum equal to about ten months of Ni’s salary, was sent to his family.
127. Kuang Min, male, 27, engineer at the Beijing Forklift General Factory
On the night of June 3, in Muxidi, a stray bullet struck Kuang in the small of his back and exited the right side of his abdomen. He died soon after arriving at the hospital.
128. Duan Shunqing, male, 30, worker at the Beijing Fangxiuyi Construction Engineering Company
Duan left home on his bicycle at seven p.m. on June 3. A few acquaintances saw him near the Beijing Telegraph Building after ten p.m. Others reported seeing him at Liubukou, but by then he had been hit in the streets. His family never recovered his body.
129. He Shitai, male, 31, worker in the foundry workshop at the Beijing No. 1 Machine Tool Plant
At midnight on June 3, after getting off the night shift, He rode off on his bicycle to visit his father-in-law, who lived in Puhuangyu. He soon reached the south end of Nanheyan Road, when martial law troops suddenly attacked. A bullet hit him in the temple. Surprisingly, he did not fall right away. Instead, he willed himself to get off the bicycle while still holding on to it. Soon the crowd proceeded to take him to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. However, He stopped breathing en route and died before reaching the hospital.
130. Zhou Yuzhen, female, 36, confidential secretary in structural reform department of the National Planning Commission in Beijing
On the evening of June 3, Zhou was at home when she heard intermittent gunfire and went to the window with her husband and child to take a look. Soldiers sprayed the residential housing with gunfire. Zhou’s husband reacted quickly and pushed their child down as a bullet whizzed past his ear. A bullet exploded in Zhou’s head and she died on the spot. The child screamed when she saw her, which drew more bursts of gunfire.
131. Ya Aiguo, male, 22, Beijing resident, temporarily unemployed
As he was passing through Gongzhufen at about ten p.m. on June 3, Ya’s head was half blown off by a blast of gunfire from an army truck on the street. The People’s Liberation Army’s 301 Hospital diagnosed the fatal blow as an injury through the brain stem.
132. Song Baosheng, male, 39, employee at the Beijing Glass Factory No. 4; member of the Beijing People’s Congress; a “city-wide class shock worker” and “model worker”
On the evening of June 3, Song obeyed the martial law order and stayed at home in Muxidi. He went to bed early, but wild bursts of gunfire startled him and kept him awake. When he got up to shut the windows, a bullet hit him in the stomach, ripping into his intestines. He was taken to the hospital, but entry was prevented by the military, which controlled many hospitals and ordered that rioters not be treated. The hospital physicians and nurses could only watch as Song bled out, crying piteously until he died. The hospital was not permitted to list “gunshot wound” on his death certificate. They were allowed only to write that he had lost too much blood. Song’s father wrote many letters to the Beijing Western District public security bureau and Prime Minister Li Peng to complain about the injustice his son had suffered. He received no answer.
133. Chen Senlin, male, 36, worker at Factory 707 in Beijing
On the evening of June 3, Chen was shot and killed by martial law troops while riding his bicycle to Xidan. His family, beside themselves with worry, searched all the Beijing hospitals but didn’t find him. More than a month later they narrowed it down to the Beijing No. 2 Hospital. Chen’s remains in cold storage had long since decomposed and changed shape. His family was able to recognize him only by his clothing and old scars.
134. Shi Haiwen, male, 20, recent graduate of Shenyang Pharmaceutical College who had come for training as a graduate student at the Beijing Yingyangyuan Institute
Shi was hit by a bullet in the neck on the night of June 4 and died. His remains were discovered at the Beijing Jishuitan Hospital.
135. Yang Hanlei, male, 19, student in the chef training class at the Liufang Hotel, Beijing
When Yang was walking with his classmates before dawn on June 4 by the south end o
f Nanchizi Avenue, he was hit in the spleen by a stray bullet. He died from blood loss. Surviving classmates notified his family.
136. Name and age not disclosed, male, journalist on the Kailuan Miners News who had been transferred at the time to the New China News Agency
He was killed on June 4. The details of his death are unknown.
137. Wang Yaohe, male, 40, chef at a restaurant in Chaoyangmenwai in Beijing
Wang was murdered in the early morning hours of June 4. The details of his death are unknown.
138. Peng Jun, male, 30, staff member at the Beijing representative office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Peng left his work unit at Dongdaqiao in the Chaoyang District at about 6:40 a.m. on the morning of June 5 to buy breakfast. On the way, he was attacked by troops. Two bullets hit him, one in the ankle and the other in the right side of his back.
139. Liu Qiang, male, age unknown, student at Hebei Normal University
During the student strike, Liu went to Beijing to take part in the patriotic movement. He was lost without a trace during the great massacre in the early morning of June 4. To this day nobody knows what had happened to him.
140. Su Xin, female, 29, office worker at the China National Nonferrous Metals Import & Export Corp. in Beijing
Su left her mother’s house in Fuchengmenwai Street at midnight on June 3, heading home, when she heard waves of rifle shots. Worried about her mother at home alone, she turned back. She was blocked when she reached the southern end of Lishi Road. Martial law troops came through like a tidal wave, laying down a carpet of fire. People in the crowd fell one after another. According to an eyewitness, six people were hit by bullets at the same moment. Su was one of them, with a hole drilled through her chest. She was an only daughter.
141. Bao Xiudong, male, 41, manager at a printing plant on Guloudong Dajie in Beijing
At midnight on June 3, Bao was shot and killed near the Western Returned Scholars Association by the Beijing Hotel.
142. Zhao Dejiang, male, 27, driver at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and a People’s Liberation Army veteran
Zhao was at the main gate of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions early on the morning of June 4, when he saw an old man shot in the street. He hurried forward to help the man but was shot and killed himself.
143. Name unknown, male, age and occupation unknown
According to multiple eyewitnesses, on the morning of June 4, this man was shot and killed in front of the main gate of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. Zhao Dejiang (see entry no. 142) went to rescue him and was also shot and killed.
144. Cao XX, male, 21, draftsman at the Beijing Institute of Surveying and Mapping’s design office
Not long after leaving home on the night of June 3, Cao was shot and killed in the Xidan District. The Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications hospital notified his family on June 6. They hurried to identify and retrieve his already decomposing remains.
145. Cui Linfeng, male, 29, worker at the Sanlihe Clothing Factory in Beijing and member of the Joint Defense Command police auxiliary branch office in Beijing’s Xicheng District
Cui left home for work at seven p.m. on June 3. Normally he would have returned at two a.m. Nothing was seen of him for two days. Cui’s family went to the factory to search for him and learned that shortly after going on duty, he invited two of his coworkers to ride their bicycles with him over to Chang’an Avenue to look around. On the way, the three separated. Cui continued riding west, where he ran into tanks. Amid the bullets, he mysteriously disappeared. Cui’s family has searched for him for years, checking all the Beijing hospitals, but they have found nothing.
146. Wang Fang, male, 50, employee at Beijing Coal Mining Machinery Factory
On the night of June 3 in Muxidi, Wang was hit in the head by a stray bullet. His skull was shattered. He died on the way to the Navy General Hospital.
147. Liu Jingsheng, male, 40, employee of the Beijing Railway Bureau
On June 4, Liu was killed near the Yangfangdian District. The details are unknown.
148. Zhang Jiamei, female, 61, retired former head of the personnel office at the administration and management bureau of the Ministry of Chemical Industry
While at home in Hepingli on the night of June 3, Zhang heard a disturbance on a nearby street. She pushed the window open and poked her head out. She was shot through the heart by a stray bullet and died.
149. Name unknown, male, age unknown, engineering student in the department of electro-mechanical at Jiangnan University in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province
During the student strike, patriotic teachers and students sent this student to Beijing along with several other classmates to present their donations to the hunger-strikers in Tiananmen Square. He never returned.
150. Name unknown, male, 20, People’s Armed Police guard at the north gate of the People’s Liberation Army’s 301 Hospital in Beijing
At around eleven p.m. on the night of June 3, martial law troops used gunfire and explosions to force their way in the direction of Muxidi. The crowd of demonstrators scattered in all directions. The armed policeman, watching people being mowed down like grass, took pity and opened the gate to the hospital to let the crowd take shelter inside. This infuriated the troops, so they sprayed him with gunfire. Bullets hit him in his head and his chest. He died at the scene.
151. Name unknown, male, age and occupation unknown
According to multiple eyewitnesses, this man was hit by an army truck while crossing the street and then flattened by an armored car into a bloody mass of flesh. All that was left of him was a disembodied hand. He seemed to have a flowery shirt on. His scattered remains were not removed until the afternoon of June 5, when they were shoveled up, put into plastic bags, and taken away.
152. Name unknown, male, age unknown, cook at the Great Hall of the People
This man left his home at Qianmen Alley early in the morning on June 4 to go to work at the Great Hall of the People. He was shot and killed on the way. His family received 10,000 yuan in compensation from the government.
153. Yen Wen, male, 22, sophomore in the Peking University mathematics department
Yan was in a crowd of people who were blocking trucks full of troops in Muxidi at around one a.m. on June 4. Just as Yen was helping a journalist set up a camcorder to record these events, he was hit by a spray of bullets in his right thigh, smashing his femoral artery. He died of his wounds.
154. Li Chun, male, 20, chef at the Minzu Hotel in the Xidan District of Beijing
Late in the night on June 3, after getting off the night shift, Li encountered the rampaging martial law troops. He pushed his bicycle along, unable to ride amid the barrage of bullets. While walking past the south side of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions building, he was shot in the ribs.
155. Name unknown, female, 31, employee at a factory in Beijing
This woman left work to go home early on June 5 after the night shift. While crossing the road near Wukesong, she was flattened by an armored car. Since she was the sister-in-law of a squad leader in the Beijing People’s Armed Police and had died a violent death, her death was declared to be accidental, and a small pension was given to her family after much negotiation between the People’s Armed Police and the martial law troops. This was confirmed by a former member of the Beijing People’s Armed Police.
156. Du Guangxue, male, 24, printing plant worker at the People’s Health Publishing House
At midnight on June 3, Du went on a bicycle ride with friends from Chang’an Avenue down to the Xinhuamen area, where there was a stream of shots and explosions and tank after tank charging east. They quickly turned around, and Du was shot through the temple. Du and his bicycle fell together in the road, with one of his legs still hanging from his bicycle.
According to multiple eyewitnesses, five others were shot at the same time. The crowd loaded them on a bus that had been used as a roadblock and rushed them to
the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Four of them died on the way, including Du. The remaining victim was seriously wounded and probably did not survive. When Du’s family got the news, they hurried to Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Bodies were piled there in a mountain, and they couldn’t check them one by one. They returned another day and were able to claim his body. His serial number was 30.
157. Sun Xiaofeng, age unknown, student at Beijing Sport University
Sun was killed in the early morning of June 4. The details of the incident are unknown.
158. Zhao Tianchou, male, 47, repair technician at the Beijing Research Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Technology
Zhao was shot four times at an unknown location—three times in the chest and once in the abdomen—early in the morning of June 4.
159. Hu Xingyun, male, age unknown, a student from Sichuan in the 1985 entering class at a university in Beijing
Hu has been missing for twenty years without a trace.
160. Zhai Shun, male, 30, Beijing resident, occupation unknown
Zhai was crushed by a police car at Muxidi on the morning of June 4. This was handled as a traffic accident at the time. Zhai’s mother, deeply traumatized, became schizophrenic.
161. Chen Ziqi, male, 31, bus driver on the No. 339 route bus of the Beijing Capital Bus Company
As the driver of the first bus service of the day, Chen left his home to go to work at Liuliqiao on the night of June 3. He did not come home for three days. His family went to all the major hospitals in Beijing looking for him. They finally found his body at Beijing Children’s Hospital. His head was distorted and there was a big hole in his chest. His family was finally able to identify him by his bicycle key and clothing. The bus company gave them 800 yuan in compensation, saying that if after some years the government should handle these events differently, then they should apply again according to any new regulations on compensation.