Tiananmen Square, 1989
june 3-4, 1989
Democracy movements had grown in strength since the arrival of Deng
May 4 1989 they have mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising
many students remain and start a hunger strike
Li Peng took a harsh stance on this and ordered the PLA to take whatever action necessary
Army arrives in early june and are reluctant to deal with the crowd
Democracy movements had grown in strength since the arrival of Deng
May 4 1989 they have mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising
many students remain and start a hunger strike
Li Peng took a harsh stance on this and ordered the PLA to take whatever action necessary
Army arrives in early june and are reluctant to deal with the crowd
continued
3 June they broke into the square and opened fire
400-800 people killed, many were not students and many killed on streets outside of the square
reaffirmed chinas hardline on party dissent and public freedoms
however economic changes were irreversible and 1992 deng ended price controls
400-800 people killed, many were not students and many killed on streets outside of the square
reaffirmed chinas hardline on party dissent and public freedoms
however economic changes were irreversible and 1992 deng ended price controls
The mystery of 'Tank man'
Never in world history has a single image captured a struggle quite so well
rumoured to have been named wang weilin, a 19 year old student
he has been rumoured also to have been shot, imprisoned and never found and still free in hiding .
In an 1992 interview with Barbara Walters then General Secretary Jiang Zemin stated “I think never killed”
rumoured to have been named wang weilin, a 19 year old student
he has been rumoured also to have been shot, imprisoned and never found and still free in hiding .
In an 1992 interview with Barbara Walters then General Secretary Jiang Zemin stated “I think never killed”
Question: What other approaches could Li Peng have taken to stop the hunger strikes?
There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when tiananmen squareerupted.
Nicholas D Kristof
Nicholas D Kristof
Summary
Since the arrival of Deng, democracy movements ad grown and on May 4th 1989 they had mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising. Many students started a hunger strike, and Li Peng ordered the PLA to take harsh actions to stop them. They opened fire in Tiananmen square and many people were killed.The mystery of the tank man was said that never in history had an image been captured so well.