Word: changan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peking, a six-point circular issued by the municipal committee forbade the posting of wall posters anywhere in the city except on the 100-yd. stretch of Changan Avenue at Xidan Street that has become known as democracy wall. A People's Daily editorial, which accompanied the edict, warned against "gatherings and parades that block traffic, attacks on the party, government and military organs," and "other acts of rumor-mongering and troublemaking...