ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315699202/0f14be55-dfd9-4c0f-be10-6db7e36ad742/content/fig9_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> The 1989 democracy movement in Fujian province followed a very different course from the tragedy in Beijing. The events in Fujian were derivative, confined to a small group of intellectuals and students, with very little participation by workers or other citizens. Activists were well-informed about developments in Beijing; they organized numerous demonstrations, with a few slogans which matched those in Beijing but with no specific demands. There was only one brief hunger strike, and little tension before the 4 June Beijing massacre. The massacre’s impact was felt quite broadly throughout Fujian society, although with considerable detachment, as people adjusted their lives to China’s newly uncertain political environment.
