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
- 4 The Tiananmen Protests as History
- 5 Demands and Responses
- 6 Backed into Corners
- 7 Workers and Citizens
- 8 Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
8 - Protests
Alternative Paths
from Part Two - The Tiananmen Protests
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
- 4 The Tiananmen Protests as History
- 5 Demands and Responses
- 6 Backed into Corners
- 7 Workers and Citizens
- 8 Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
Summary
There were many turning points and key moments in spring 1989 that could have pushed events in new directions and led to different outcomes. They included inviting students to attend Hu Yaobang's memorial service, Zhao Ziyang not traveling to North Korea, protesters escalating their civil disobedience through self-immolation, and convening a special session of the National People's Congress (NPC) to rescind martial law. These were all genuine possibilities, but they were made less possible by the realities of old-man politics.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 89 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021