World history/WHME103/Developing nations/Tiananmen

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989?

• Why were demonstrators protesting?

• How did this event impact on China's international relations?

Jeffrey Richelson and Michael Evans (eds), 'Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History', National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 16, 1 June 1999.

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• The Chinese army ...

• Relations between the US and China ...

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