EAST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Hu Yaobang, Wei Jingsheng, Zhao Ziyang
5 Feb 2018
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Speaks out against official corruption and the monopoly on the power that they have. He believes that complete westernization is the only way to modernize. Beijing - students from u are calling for democracy and complain about poor living conditions. Students marched in protests and joined by townspeople. Calling for the end to authoritarianism and corruption within the bureaucracy and the release wei. The party is unwilling to talk about democratization and set up more censorship. 10th anniversary of the shutdown of the democracy wall, and arrest of wei jingsheng. Seen as a symbol of economic and democratic reform. Students were unhappy and saw his death as an opportunity to organize a demonstration. History graduate students at people"s university in beijing. Friday before funeral - students assembled in tianamen square and camped out overnight wed, nov 30 2016. Several students knelt and held up a petition. Summit signal the end of the sino-soviet split.
