The
twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this book is now available.
This compelling book provides a vivid first-hand account of the student demonstrations and violent crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Uniquely placed as a Western observer drawn into active participation through Chinese friends in the uprising, Philip J Cunningham offers a remarkable day-by-day account of Beijing students desperately trying to secure the most coveted political real estate in China in the face of ever more daunting government countermoves. He brings to life the story of the demonstrations, from the tentative early marches to the huge outpouring of support, from the hunger strikes and jostling for influence among student leaders, to the senseless bloody crackdown. This remarkable testament to a searing month that changed China forever serves witness to the rise and fall of an uprising, capturing the plaintive and lyrical beauty of a dream that endures and continues to haunt the country today.
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Relato em primeira mão dos protestos estudantis e da repressão em Tiananmen Square em 1989, com foco na experiência de um observador ocidental envolvido por meio de amizades chinesas. Descrição dia a dia das mobilizações em Pequim, cobrindo marchas, greves de fome e disputas entre lideranças estudantis, além das respostas das autoridades. Texto dirigido a leitores de história contemporânea e ciência política, útil para cursos e pesquisas sobre movimentos sociais e política chinesa.
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