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A Few Initial and Not-Comprehensive Meditations on Group Novels

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john r, August 25, 2008 (view all comments by john r)
The 1989 student protests were not a peaceful Ghandi-like protest requesting mature democratic rights. The threat to social order across China was building and criminal elements were taking advantage of the historical leniency of the Chinese government toward students. Many local university students returned to their campuses only to be replaced by rural university students flooding into Beijing. Labor unions joined the movement. This book, a translation of the communications among inside leaders before and during the protests shows the context of their decisions: history, political concerns, and a fear of a return to the Red Guard Cultural Revolution times.
The U.S. public and much of our leadership wrongly see 1989 Tiananmen as a black-and-white case of repression. This book reveals a reality that is far grayer, and where the PRC probably had no other recourse left.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781586480127

Editor:

Nathan, Andrew J.

Editor:

Link, Perry

Editor:

Nathan, Andrew J.

Editor:

Link, Perry

Afterword:

Schell, Orville

Afterword:

Schell, Orville

Publisher:

PublicAffairs

Location:

New York

Subject:

Military - General

Subject:

History

Subject:

China

Subject:

Communism & Socialism

Subject:

Asia - China

Subject:

Political History

Subject:

Tiananmen square incident, 1989

Subject:

Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Edition Description:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series Volume:

124

Publication Date:

January 2001

Binding:

Hardcover

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

513

Dimensions:

9.57x6.51x1.63 in. 2.00 lbs.