03632nam 2200745 a 450 991045499980332120200520144314.01-282-49734-097866124973460-7425-6674-9(CKB)1000000000764256(EBL)466817(OCoLC)397014561(SSID)ssj0000520117(PQKBManifestationID)12179653(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520117(PQKBWorkID)10513908(PQKB)10697394(SSID)ssj0000259278(PQKBManifestationID)12047856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259278(PQKBWorkID)10276544(PQKB)11381080(MiAaPQ)EBC466817(Au-PeEL)EBL466817(CaPaEBR)ebr10364484(CaONFJC)MIL249734(EXLCZ)99100000000076425620090205d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTiananmen moon[electronic resource] inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 /Philip J. CunninghamLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20091 online resource (319 p.)Asian voicesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-6673-0 0-7425-6672-2 I: New moon -- In search of the real China -- The new May fourth spirit -- Ten thousand bicycles -- II: Waxing moon -- Hunger strike -- Laying claim to the square -- Looking for Gorbachev -- Working-class heroes -- Rising tide of rebellion -- Everyone an emperor -- Breaking the fast -- III: Waning moon -- Martial law -- Provincial vagabonds -- Egg on the face of Mao -- Tiananmen headquarters -- Radical camp -- Last will and testament -- Clandestine interview -- Going underground -- Midnight rendezvous -- IV: No moon -- Troops are coming -- Of tanks and men -- Eve of destruction -- The sky is crying.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, fromAsian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)College studentsChinaBeijingBiographyStudent movementsChinaBeijingHistory20th centuryForeign correspondentsChinaBeijingHistory20th centuryChinaHistoryTiananmen Square Incident, 1989Beijing (China)BiographyTian'an Men (Beijing, China)History20th centuryBeijing (China)Social life and customs20th centuryChinaHistoryTiananmen Square Incident, 1989Press coverageElectronic books.College studentsStudent movementsHistoryForeign correspondentsHistory951.05/8Cunningham Philip J883994MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454999803321Tiananmen moon1974154UNINA