Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- 18 Han versus Non-Han
- 19 Outside In
- 20 Inside Out
- 21 Rage
- 22 Rural Actions and Reactions
- 23 Alternative Paths Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
18 - Han versus Non-Han
from Part Four - Nationwide
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2021
Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- 18 Han versus Non-Han
- 19 Outside In
- 20 Inside Out
- 21 Rage
- 22 Rural Actions and Reactions
- 23 Alternative Paths Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Police killings of hundreds of Tibetans and the imposition of martial law in Lhasa in March 1989 was a precursor to the Beijing massacre of June 1989, but few Han people saw it that way. Han supremacy and antiblack racism (which had erupted in anti-African protests in Nanjing in December 1988) and protests by Muslims in May 1989 reveal the Han-centric, male-dominated, city-based bias of most histories of China's democracy movement. But Non-Han protesters did see potential for genuine change during 1989.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 155 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021