JPA331Y1 Lecture Notes - Deng Xiaoping, Tank Man, Barbara Walters
Document Summary
Tiananmen square is the largest public square in the world and created on inhuman space reflects how small you really are. Soldiers and policemen demand papers and authorities are not afraid of foreigners or anyone. In june 3rd, the square was a warzone. The pla forced themselves into beijing with orders to converge on the square. The students faced tanks, soldiers, and soldiers armed with semi automatic weapons. The tankman changed the world esp. the russian revolution. People thought that the old regime was about to fall. For the first time, the press was reporting everything freely. It moved across the country and uprisings started right across the country. From these cities, hundreds and thousands of supporters converged on the capital. The movement from student to worker uprising scared the ccp. Student uprisings were what parties could handle but when it evolved into worker uprising, they were terrified of losing power. There was infighting between crackdown vs. peaceful negotiation.
