Cries for Democracy : Writings and Speeches from the Chinese Democracy Movement.

Cries for Democracy : Writings and Speeches from the Chinese Democracy Movement.

"Han Minzhu" and her assistant editor, "Hua Sheng," both writing under pseudonyms to protect their identities, present a rich collection of translations of original writings and speeches from the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement--flyers, "big-character" posters, "sm...

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Main Author: Han, Minzhu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Since 1976
Students > Political activity > China.
China > History > Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
China > Politics and government > 1976-2002.
China > Politics and government > 1976-
History.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Editors' Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Beijing
  • One: The Birth of the 1989 Democracy Movement
  • Two: The Founding of the Beijing Students' Federation and the April 27 Mass Student March
  • Three: The Seventieth Anniversary of the 1919 May Fourth Movement
  • Four: The Hunger Strike
  • Five: The Declaration of Martial Law and the Army's Attempt to Enter Beijing
  • Six: The Crushing of the Democracy Movement
  • Index of Documents
  • General Index

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