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Operation Yellowbird, the Glossary

Operation Yellowbird (t) or Operation Siskin was a British Hong Kong-based operation to help the Chinese dissidents who participated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 to escape arrest by the Chinese government by facilitating their departure overseas via Hong Kong.^[1]

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1989 in China
1989 in Hong Kong
1990s in China
1990s in Hong Kong

Alan Tang

Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 194629 March 2011) was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.

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Alistair Asprey

Wing Commander Alistair Peter Asprey (born 11 June 1944) is a former Hong Kong government official who served as Secretary for Security from 1990 to 1995.

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Anita Mui

Anita Mui Yim-fong (10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours.

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Bastille Day

Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.

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Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau

The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau is a department of the Beijing Municipal People's Government.

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Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation

The Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation (p) was a self-governing student organization, representing multiple Beijing universities, and acting as the student protesters' principal decision-making body during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Operation Yellowbird and Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation are 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and 1989 in China.

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British Hong Kong

Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. Operation Yellowbird and British Hong Kong are history of Hong Kong.

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Castle Peak Power Station

The Castle Peak Power Station is the largest coal-fired power station in Hong Kong.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Chai Ling

Chai Ling (born April 15, 1966) is a Chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.

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Chai Wan

Chai Wan, formerly known as Sai Wan (西灣), lies at the east end of the urban area of Hong Kong Island next to Shau Kei Wan.

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Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.

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Chaohua Wang

Chaohua Wang is a freelance essayist and researcher, with a Ph.D. in modern Chinese literature from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chu Yiu-ming

Chu Yiu-ming (born 10 January 1944 in Hong Kong) is the minister of Chai Wan Baptist Church in Hong Kong.

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Chung Ying Street

Chung Ying Street is a street on the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, within the border town of Sha Tau Kok (Hong Kong) and Shatoujiao (Shenzhen).

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Feng Congde

Feng Congde (born 5 March 1966 in Sichuan) is a Chinese dissident and Republic of China Restoration activist.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Handover of Hong Kong

The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. Operation Yellowbird and handover of Hong Kong are 1990s in Hong Kong and history of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (t; abbr. 支聯會) was a pro-democracy organisation that was established on 21 May 1989 in the then British colony of Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing. Operation Yellowbird and Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China are 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

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Huidong County, Guangdong

Huidong County is a county of southeastern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, with some South China Sea coast in the south of the county.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Li Lu

Li Lu (born April 6, 1966) is a Chinese-born American value investor, businessman and philanthropist.

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List of Chinese dissidents

This list consists of activists who are known as Chinese dissidents.

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Lo Hoi-sing

Lo Hoi-sing (1949 – 14 January 2010) was a Hong Kong businessman born into a communist Hong Kong family.

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Mainland China

Mainland China is the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.

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MI6

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.

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Nan'ao County

Nan'ao or Nanao, formerly romanized Namoa, is an island and county of the prefecture-level city of Shantou in Guangdong Province, China.

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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Sai Kung Town

Sai Kung Town, or simply Sai Kung, is a town on the Sai Kung Peninsula facing Sai Kung Hoi (Inner Port Shelter, part of Sai Kung District) in the New Territories, Hong Kong.

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Secretary for Security

The Secretary for Security is the member of the Government of Hong Kong in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters.

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Sha Tau Kok

Sha Tau Kok is a closed town in Hong Kong.

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Shanwei

Shanwei, or Swabue, or also commonly known as Hailufeng (portmanteau of Haifeng and Lufeng) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.

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Shekou

Shekou is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

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Su Xiaokang

Su Xiaokang (born 1949) is an intellectual, writer, journalist, political activist and in 1989 was named one of China's seven most-wanted dissident intellectuals.

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Szeto Wah

Szeto Wah (28 February 1931 – 2 January 2011) was a Hong Kong democracy activist and politician.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Triad (organized crime)

A triad is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.

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Wong Chuk Hang

Wong Chuk Hang is a neighbourhood in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.

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Wu'er Kaixi

Uerkesh Davlet (ئۆركەش دۆلەت; 吾尔开希·多莱特), commonly known by his pinyin name Wu'erkaixi, is a Chinese political commentator known for his leading role during the Tiananmen protests of 1989.

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Yan Jiaqi

Yan Jiaqi (born December 25, 1942) is a Chinese political scientist and dissident. Operation Yellowbird and Yan Jiaqi are 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

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Zhang Boli

Zhang Boli (born 1959) is a Chinese dissident.

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Zhao Ziyang

Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳; pronounced, 17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician.

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1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

The Tiananmen Square protests, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. Operation Yellowbird and 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre are 1989 in China.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird

Also known as Operation Siskin, Operation Yellow Bird, Yellowbird (escape network).

Operation Yellowbird, the Glossary

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See also

1989 in China

1989 in Hong Kong

1990s in China

1990s in Hong Kong

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