Culture and Politics in China

As the world watched the crumbling away of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the pro-democracy movement in China was dealt a severe blow in June of 1989. Also referred to as the June 4th Incident, the Tiananmen Square protest included students, intellectuals, and workers demanding democratic reforms and social change. To break up the escalating protest armed soldiers stormed the square killing close to two hundred demonstrators and injuring thousands more. Culture and Politics in China explores the events, trends, and tendencies that led to the student demonstrations.

Peter Li, Majorie H. Li, Steven Mark

Introduction, Part I Voices from the Square, 1 The Voices of Youth 2 Confrontation 3 The Hardliners 4 The Intellectuals 5 The Reformers, Part II Essays on the Student Movement, 6 Civil Disobedience and S=Dissent against the Party-State: An Eyewitness account of the 1989 Chinese Student Movement 7 Deng Xiaoping and the 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident 8 Conformity and Defiance on Tiananmen Square: A Special Psychological Perspective 9 Social Malaise as Reflected in the Literature of the 1980s 10 Student Movements in Chinese History and the Future of Democracy in China 11 Observing the Observers in Tiananmen Square: Freedom, Democracy and the News Media in China's Student Movement 12 Revolution and Counter-Revolution in 1989: Longevity and Legitimacy in Communist States