Gong Min Walk 2008

Gong Min Walk 2008 – Yang’s Speech: The 19th Anniversary commemoration of the massacre at Tiananmen Square – D.C.

Today, I have arrived in the great city of Washington, D.C., the final destination of the GongMin Walk. I can tell you, both from mathematical calculation and experience, Washington DC is 1,408,000 steps from Boston. When I started this walk in Boston, Washington,...
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Gong Min Walk 2008 – Day 29 Yang Jianli Speech: Freedom is not free. It’s earned. – Chicago

(Speech at the 19th Anniversary Memorial Concert and Lecture, June 1, 2008, Chicago) Today we gather, once again, to remember those who, on this date, 19 years ago in Tiananmen Square, gave up their young lives for freedom. In remembering so many young lives crushed...
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Gong Min Walk 2008 – Yang’s Speech on Day 22 in Philadelphia

Good afternoon and God bless you all. As many of you know, I am walking the 500 mile Gongmin walk from Boston to Washington, DC. Gongmin in Chinese means citizen. As I pass the 300 mile mark on my 500 mile journey, I am happy to stop here in Philadelphia, the...
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Gong Min Walk 2008 – Dr. Yang Jianli’s Speech In New York City

Good afternoon and God bless to you all. As some of you know, I have a passing acquaintance with mathematics. So, I can tell you very truthfully that both from theory and experience that New York is 704000 steps from Boston! I cannot begin to tell you the many...
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