Who will shout if not us? : student activists and the Tiananmen Square protest, China, 1989 /

In the spring of 1989, university students in Beijing grabbed world headlines with a courageous stand against decades of Communist authoritarian rule in China. Thousands and then millions of students and workers from all over China gathered on the city's Tiananmen Square to support demands for...

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Main Author: Kerns, Ann
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2011.
Series:Civil rights struggles around the world.
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Table of Contents:
  • China in the twentieth century
  • Beijing and its students
  • Clash
  • Turmoil
  • Deadlock
  • Troops arrive
  • Reaction
  • China after 1989.