1979年6月份北京西单民主墙

1979年6月份的北京西单民主墙

The photos in this section have been taken towards the end of June 1979, most of then by the author (Helmut Opletal), some by French sinologist Jacqueline Nivard. There are no texts any more aggressively attacking state and party leaders, some of the most outspoken authors like Wei Jingsheng and Ren Wanding have been arrested a few weeks earlier, but any dazibao still reflect personal grievances.

The main journals sold at the Democracy Wall now are the "April 5th Forum", "Spring of Peking" and the literary and arts publication "Today". The political authors that draw most of the attention at this time are Xu Wenli and Chen Erjin who consider themselves Marxists who would rather reform than abolish the socialist/communist system.