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Analysis of the demonstrations and their suppression, in context of political, military, economic, intellectual, and social developments in China; 4 articles.

The Tiananmen protests and Beijing massacre of 1989 were a major turning point in recent Chinese history. In this new analysis of 1989, Jeremy Brown tells the vivid stories of participants and victims, exploring the nationwide scope of the democracy movement and the brutal crackdown that crushed it. At each critical juncture in the spring of 1989, demonstrators and decision makers agonized over difficult choices and saw how events could have unfolded differently. The alternative paths that participants imagined confirm that bloodshed was neither inevitable nor necessary. Using a wide range of previously untapped sources and examining how ordinary citizens throughout China experienced the crackdown after the massacre, this ambitious social history sheds fresh light on events that continue to reverberate in China to this day.

Role of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in maintaining political stability in China. Some emphasis on the Army's reluctance to be involved in civilian politics.

The first complete book on the Tiananmen Square tragedy reveals how diplomats from the United States, Britain, and Europe knew exact details of the impending massacre of the students in Tiananmen. In a vivid narrative window into secret meetings in the Oval Office, CIA headquarters, and the private compound of China's leaders, more than one hundred interviewees contribute to an untold story.Chaos Under Heaven reveals America and the West's betrayal of the children of China, who, for a brief moment in history, brought democracy to their homeland. In this stunning book, Gordon Thomas takes reade

Partial contents: Dynamics of the demonstration; The imposition of martial law and its aftermath; Implications for China and Sino-American relations.

Violent government crackdown on student pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, June 3-4, 1989; 6 articles. Partial contents: The role of the military, by June Teufel Dreyer; Red Star over Hong Kong, by Frank Ching; The failure of American Policy, by Marie Gottschalk.

Topics include relations with the US, economic conditions, food supply, the military, human rights, and foreign policy after the Tiananmen Square incident; 7 articles.