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
19 - Outside In
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
Events and people outside of Beijing shaped what happened in China's capital. Protests in Xi'an and Changsha help convince Deng Xiaoping to take a hard line against demonstrators in Beijing. Hundreds of thousands of protesters from the provinces took trains to Beijing, adding to leaders' fears of a nationwide democracy movement. Many of the leaders of student organizations in Beijing had been born and raised elsewhere in China, but they failed to build meaningful ties to protesters from other places.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 168 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021