In 1998, the National Endowment for Democracy honored the heroic efforts of two men that represent the two generations of the post-Mao democracy movement in China -- the generation of the Democracy Wall movement of 1978-79, of which Wei Jingsheng is the preeminent figure; and the generation of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989, whose democratic aspirations and values Wang Dan has espoused with exemplary eloquence, integrity and self-sacrifice.

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