China's Students: The Struggle for Democracy (Library Binding)

by R. Cherrington (Author)

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Book Description
In mid-1989, television viewers worldwide were shocked by scenes of bloodshed and brutality as the Chinese government sent troops into Tiananmen Square to crush the student protest. As student leaders went into hiding and the full death toll became apparent, the Western world began to question the role of students as the vanguard of a powerful new movement. As a witness to the massacre of June 1989, Ruth Cherrington provides a firsthand account of that event and places it within the social and historical context of the student-led democracy movement. She traces the historical heritage leading to the eventual victory of the Communists in 1949, and gives particular emphasis to the experience of young intellectuals under Mao and his successors. In recent years, enthusiasm for higher education in China has been undermined by lack of political change, ideological conflict and poor conditions eventually leading to a chain of boycotts, demonstrations, hunger strikes and finally, the massacre.

About the Author
Ruth Cherrington teaches at the Harrow College of Higher Education.

• Library Binding: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 24, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415052912
• ISBN-13: 978-0415052917
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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