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
7 - Workers and Citizens
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
The imposition of martial law on May 20 sparked panic buying in addition to motivating citizens to block military convoys attempting to enter Beijing. Martial law also motivated more workers to join the Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation. An umbrella organization called the Capital Joint Liaison Group tried to create an alliance of intellectuals, students, workers, and other Beijing residents but maintained a hierarchy that kept workers at the bottom. But the protest movement was slowly getting more inclusive in late May 1989.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 82 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021