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It is well known that in 1989, a student led democratic movement in China was violently crushed by the communist government. Actually in 1978 for several months the first popular request for democracy in China occurred. During this period, several pioneers of democracy for China started to express their opinions using big character posters on a wall in Beijing, known as the Xi-Dan Democracy Wall. In today's Living Chinese, we present the interview with Poet Huang Xiang, who was among the very first to appeal for democracy in China. (edit Dec. 29 2006)