Chu-Yuan Cheng

Behind the Tiananmen Massacre (eBook, PDF)

Social, Political, and Economic Ferment in China

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a study on the June 4 massacre to determine the causes of the unrest and to assess the short- and long-term impacts on the People's Republic of China's future development. The aim is to provide of what happened in Beijing in 1989 with an analysis of why the tragedy occurred.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429698989
• Artikelnr.: 68407280

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Illustrations - Preface -- 1 Introduction (The Social
Political
and Economic Ferment
2 Different Interpretations of the Events
5 Setting the Record Straight
7 Notes
11) -- 2 From Economic Reform to Social Unrest (The Reform Program
13 The Open Door Policy
18 The Social and Economic Consequences
22 The Basic Contradiction
25 The Mounting Crisis
29 The Popular Demand for Change
33 Notes
35) -- 3 Ideological Schism and Power Struggle (The Power Structure
38 Ideological Tenets and the Party Une
43 The Unique Role of Deng Xiaoping
47 The Ideological Confrontation
52 The Struggle for Succession
56 The Final Showdown of the Contenders
60 Notes
63) -- 4 Intellectual Challenge and Student Movements (The Role of Intellectuals
68 The May Fourth Movement and Its Legacy
71 Intellectuals Under Communism
77 The Relaxation and Repression Cycles
82 Challenges from the Intellectuals
86 The New Student Movement
91 Notes
93) -- 5 Military and Politics (The Command Structure
97 The Changing Role of the Army
102 Decline in the Status of the Military
106 Military Resistance to Reform
110 Involvement in Factional Struggle
114 The Military at the Crossroads
117 Notes
120) --6 The Making of the Massacre(Origins of the Student Protest
122 From Student Demonstration to People's Movement
126 The Behind-the-Scenes Power Struggle
130 Preparation for the Crackdown
133 The Great Massacre
136 The Aftermath and Cover-up
140 Notes
144) -- 7 The Impact of the Bloodshed (The International Sanctions
147 Overseas Chinese Responses
151 Effects on the Domestic Economy
155 Impact on Education and Culture
159 Effects on the Relationship with Hong Kong
163 Impact on the Relationship with Taiwan
168 Notes
172) -- 8 The Road from Tiananmen (The Causes of the Unrest
175 The Far-reaching Effects of the Massacre
177 Factors Determining the PRC's Future
181 Alternative Scenarios
191 Notes
198) -- Appendix 1: Chronology (April 1S-July 15
1989) -- Appendix 2: Profiles of Fifty Major Figures -- Appendix 3: Documents ("lt Is Necessary to Take a Clear Stand Against the Disturbances
" 222 A Student's Eyewitness Account of the Tiananmen Massacre
224 Deng's Talk on Quelling Rebellion in Beijing
226 "Checking the Turmoil and Quelling the Counter- Revolutionary Rebellion
" 231) -- Index