Behind The Tiananmen Massacre by Chu-Yuan Cheng

Behind The Tiananmen Massacre by Chu-Yuan Cheng

The 1989 prodemocracy movement in the People's Republic of China and the subsequent crackdown were marked by many dramatic reversals. Supported at first by several thousand Beijing University students, the movement quickly attracted millions of followers and developed into a nationwide mass movement. The jubilant mood during the short-lived freedom in Tiananmen Square turned into despair over the unnecessary bloodshed. The event raised many deeply disturbing questions: Was the massacre necessary and justified? What is the historical significance of this movement? Which path will the PRC follow in the decade ahead? Although no one had anticipated the tragic outcome, the popular unrest was not totally unexpected. When I read the news of 200,000 Beijing students and residents, in open defiance of the government's order, staging a largescale demonstration on Apri120, I knew a confrontation between the people and the government was inevitable.

Dr. Cheng, a native of Guangdong Province, is professor of economics at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. He was for ten years consultant to the National Science Foundation, during which time he served as chief investigator with the Research Project on Scientific and Engineering Manpower in China. Among his many books on China's economy are Communist China's Economy, 1949-1962; Economic Relations Between Peking and Moscow; China's Allocation of Fixed Capital Investment; The Machine-Building Industry in Communist China; and China's Petroleum Industry: Output Growth and Export Potential.

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Title	Behind The Tiananmen Massacre
Author	Chu-Yuan Cheng
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2019-09-13
Number of pages	283
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