On this date in 1989, dozens of Chinese students in Fargo and Grand Forks held peaceful protests in response to the Tiananmen Square massacre, calling for democracy, mourning the violence, and gathering signatures and donations to support victims and raise awareness.

Here's the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

By Ellen Crawford

About 40 Chinese students armed with banners and a petition calling for democracy and an end to the violence in China demonstrated in front of the Fargo Post Office Monday.

One of the demonstrators, Ping Zhong, said she hadn’t been able to reach her family in Beijing since Chinese soldiers stormed Tiananmen Square early Sunday and crushed a three-week student sit-in for democracy.

At least 500 people were killed and others were beaten, accor

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