POL_S 475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gwangju Uprising, Tank Man
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Perceived china as moving away from marx . China"s angry students is only a tiny little part of the cover. China gets really hot during his time. Sometimes the only thing that people remember. On may 1980 president chun doo hawn"s hard-line military rule led to a confrontation in the city of gwanju. May 18 student demonstrations in defiance of the new military edict closing the universities and stifling any political dissent. The military dispatched a special forces unit trained for assault missions to quell the protest. They used tear gas, batons and rubber bullets to put down the uprising. The next five days were unprecedented in korean history. Massive communal meals for hundreds were cooked and distributed. Motor vehicles were handed out ot keep the city sage and to create a new distribution system that depended on neither state nor capital.
