Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- 24 The Purge as History
- 25 “Rioters”
- 26 Don’t Call It a Yundong
- 27 Going through the Motions
- 28 Falsehoods and Defiance
- 29 Aftermath
- 30 The Future of June Fourth
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
26 - Don’t Call It a Yundong
from Part Five - The Aftermath
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2021
Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- 24 The Purge as History
- 25 “Rioters”
- 26 Don’t Call It a Yundong
- 27 Going through the Motions
- 28 Falsehoods and Defiance
- 29 Aftermath
- 30 The Future of June Fourth
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Policy documents show that the post-massacre purge was akin to a political movement, or yundong, but was not allowed to be called a yundong. Central purge officials carefully identified purge targets and procedures in their effort to punish disloyalty and reward compliance in late 1989 and early 1990.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 217 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021