| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 371 pages) |
| Contents |
The formation and characteristics of China's existing system / Su Shaozhi -- Democracy in Chinese history / Roger V. Des Forges -- Civil society and public sphere in modern Chinese history / David Strand -- Political and ideological origins of the crisis / Xu Luo and Luo Ning -- The social origins and limits of the democratic movement / Mark Selden -- The dilemmas of participation in the political reform of China, 1986-1988 / Wu Guoguang -- A review of China's economic problems : the industrial sector / Wang Xiaodong -- Student organization in the movement / Josephine M.T. Khu -- From a pillar of continuity to a force for change : Chinese workers in the movement / Shaoguang Wang -- Why the People's Army fired on the people / Andrew Scobell -- Democratic transition in China : a comparative examination of a deified idea / Xiaoxing Han |
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The rhetoric of River elegy : from cultural criticism to social act / Edward Gunn -- The performance of the Chinese media during the Beijing spring / Michael J. Berlin -- The People's Daily and the epiphany of press reform / Frank Tan -- "Professionalism" in China's press corps / Judy Polumbaum -- Some reasons why the party propaganda failed this time / Xinshu Zhao and Peilu Shen |
| Notes |
"Based on a conference held at the State University of New York at Buffalo in February 1990"--Introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government -- 1976-
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China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004135
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Des Forges, Roger V
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Luo, Ning, 1955-
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Wu, Yen-bo, 1957-
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| ISBN |
0585060118 |
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9780585060118 |
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1438400896 |
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9781438400891 |
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