03862oam 2200697I 450 991045897710332120200520144314.01-136-90684-31-136-90685-11-283-03863-397866130386300-203-84260-X10.4324/9780203842607 (CKB)2560000000058491(EBL)667811(OCoLC)701718582(SSID)ssj0000470207(PQKBManifestationID)12187420(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470207(PQKBWorkID)10412184(PQKB)10202364(MiAaPQ)EBC667811(PPN)198452934(Au-PeEL)EBL667811(CaPaEBR)ebr10447661(CaONFJC)MIL303863(EXLCZ)99256000000005849120180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe impact of China's 1989 Tiananmen massacre /edited by Jean-Philippe BejaMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (277 p.)China policy series ;17China policy series ;17Description based upon print version of record.0-415-83785-5 0-415-57872-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction: 4 June 1989: a watershed in Chinese contemporary history; 1 June Fourth: Memory and ethics; 2 The Chinese Communist Party and 4 June 1989: Or how to get out of it and get away with it; 3 The Impact of the June 4th Massacre on the Pro-Democracy Movement; 4 The Chinese Liberal Camp in Post-4 June China; 5 Wang Xiaobo and the no longer silent majority; 6 The seeds of Tiananmen: Reflections on a growing Chinese Civil Rights Movement7 The practice of law as conscientious resistance: Chinese weiquan lawyers' experience8 The politicisation of China's law-enforcement and judicial apparatus; 9 The enduring importance of police repression: Laojiao, the rule of law and Taiwan's alternative evolution; 10 The Impact of the Tiananmen Crisis on China's economic transition; 11 The Tiananmen incident and the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong; 12 How China managed to de-isolate itself on the international stage and re-engage the world after Tiananmen; 13 China and international human rights: Tiananmen's paradoxical impact14 A shadow over Western democracies: China's political use of economic powerBibliography; IndexThe 1989 pro-democracy movement in China constituted a huge challenge to the survival of the Chinese communist state, and the efforts of the Chinese Communist party to erase the memory of the massacre testify to its importance. This consisted of six weeks of massive pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing and over 300 other cities, led by students, who in Beijing engaged in a hunger strike which drew wide public support. Their actions provoked repression from the regime, which - after internal debate - decided to suppress the movement with force, leading to a still-unknown number of deaths China Policy SeriesCivil rightsChinaChinaHistoryTiananmen Square Incident, 1989InfluenceChinaPolitics and government1976-2002ChinaForeign relationsElectronic books.Civil rights951.05/8Beja Jean-Philippe410781FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910458977103321The impact of China's 1989 Tiananmen massacre2029813UNINA