Tiannamen Square, 1989
Notes:
- 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
- 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 China’s hardline on party dissent and public freedoms
- However economic changes were irreversible and 1992 Deng ended price controls
- 3 June they broke into the square and opened fire
SUMMARY :
Democratic movement which sought to give citizens in China more freedom. Started by the students in the university. Representative of freedom of speech movement in China and the plight of the emerging youth demographic.
Quotes:
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Subjunctive questions:
What affect did event have worldwide? As a result did people feel like protest would make an appropriate medium to voice their opinions.