550. Three Tiananmen Square Edict Posters, The Order of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Proclaiming Martial Law in parts of Beijing, with 3 orders from the Beijing Mayor, Chen Xi Tong, forbidding marching and rumours, stating that foreigners must abide by the regulations of martial law, banning incitement by members of the foreign press, each permitting policemen and militia on duty to take any necessary actions, dated May 20th 1989, text only recto and verso, 375 x 260mm., minor creasing and damp staining, Beijing, 1989; Urgent Notice of 4 edicts to stop counter-revolutionary activity: if not stopped all methods will be used to stop it, June 5th 1989, 775 x 540mm., Beijing, 1989; 10th Government Broadside, Announcement that leaders and members of the illegal students and workers associations must STOP their illegal activities, turn themselves in and confess, dated June 8th 1989, 775 x 540mm., Beijing , 1989 (3 )
est. £500 – £800
With the PRC crackdown and zero tolerance policy on all matters relating to the demonstration for democracry, riot and subsequent massacre in Tiananmen Square on the 4th June 1989, such original posters issued during the course of these events are very rare. Even the posession of these posters by ordinary citizens was considered an offence and very few are believed to have been successfully sent out of China to the West.