Tiananmen Papers

by Zhang, Liang; Nathan, Andrew J.; Link, Perry; Liang, Zhang; Link, E. Perry; Zhang, Liang

• ISBN13: 9781586480127
• ISBN10: 158648012X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Public Affairs

Summary

On the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. Although the story of the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement has been told before from the viewpoint of the student demonstrators and the foreign press corps, never before have we been privy to the view from Zhongnanhai, the parklike compound in the center of Beijing that is the seat of China's ruling Party and government offices. In The Tiananmen Papers, the story of the 1989 demonstrations is told for the first time in the words of the leaders who made the decision to crush it.

Author Biography

Andrew J. Nathan is professor of political science and former director of the East Asian Institute at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Preface Reflections on June Fourth	xi
Zhang Liang
Introduction The Documents and Their Significance	xv
Andrew J. Nathan
Prologue 1986--Spring 1989: Seeds of Crisis	3	(16)
April 8--23: The Student Movement Begins	19	(37)
April 24--30: The April 26 Editorial	56	(44)
May 1--6: Signs of Compromise	100	(21)
May 6--16: Hunger Strike	121	(54)
May 16--19: The Fall of Zhao Ziyang	175	(48)
May 19--22: Martial Law	223	(54)
May 23--25: The Conflict Intensifies	277	(20)
May 26--28: The Elders Choose Jiang Zemin	297	(21)
May 29--June 3: Preparing to Clear the Square	318	(47)
June Fourth	365	(54)
Epilogue June 1989 and After: Renewed Struggle over China's Future	419	(40)
Afterword Reflections on Authentication	459	(16)
Orville Schell
Abbreviations	475	(2)
Who Was Who: One Hundred Brief Biographies	477	(14)
Index	491