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  • 28 - Falsehoods and Defiance

  • from Part Five - The Aftermath
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book:
    June Fourth
    Published online:
    01 April 2021
    Print publication:
    01 April 2021, pp 228-242

  • Summary

    A political culture of falsehoods was alive and well in 1989 as people caught up in the purge fabricated or downplayed what they had done during the protests. This allowed them to protect themselves and to shield others from punishment. Widespread passive resistance against the purge meant that it ended with a whimper in 1990. Some participants in the protests refused to lie. They remained defiant and suffered harsh punishments. Officials who enthusiastically oversaw the purge were rewarded with promotions.