POLSCI 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Velvet Revolution, Backsliding, Perestroika

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Over time there have been bursts of democratizations and then rollbacks/recessions. 1978 - reform and opening liberalization begins. 1979-80 - democracy wall protests; protesters demand a 5th modernization - 1986 - student protests blamed on ccp leader hu yaobang. April, 1989 - hu yaobang dies suddenly. May, 1989 - protests grow to over 1 mil in beijing, over 200 cities across china. May 20, 1989 - government declares protests are turmoil and imposes martial law. June 3-4, 1989 - crackdown on protesters and citizens. government regains control and. China begins economic reforms in 1978 after devastation of cultural revolution. Many vibrant discussions in 1980s about need for political and economic reform. Many institutions of communist control weakened during the 1980s, allowing more. Ussr pursuing glasnost and perestroika . china had reform and opening . Students, modeled after protests of pre-1949 movements, pressed for faster political military support hardliners begins arrests (modernization theory) security (cultural change) freedom and opportunities (external)

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