ABSTRACT

A collection of documents, with commentary, which trace the day-to-day pronouncements, utterances, and reflections from all sides of the conflict in China in the spring of 1989. The 65 documents are arranged chronologically, starting in early March and ending in late June.

part |86 pages

Polarized China

part |98 pages

Antecedents

chapter |32 pages

Prelude

Reform and Retrenchment

chapter |27 pages

Neo-Authoritarianism

Debates on China's Political Structure

chapter |36 pages

Intellectual Dissent

part |212 pages

Beijing Spring

chapter |77 pages

The Crisis Begins

chapter |46 pages

Martial Law

chapter |20 pages

Premonitions of Violence

chapter |40 pages

The Aftermath

A Nation Divided