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6 - Backed into Corners

from Part Two - The Tiananmen Protests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2021

Jeremy Brown
Jeremy Brown
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Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
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Zhao Ziyang and Li Peng clashed on how to handle the student protests, with Zhao arguing for a more open press and for democratic and legal solutions. Students declared a hunger strike shortly before Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Beijing. Millions of Beijing residents hit the streets to support the hunger strikers. Deng Xiaoping decided to impose martial law. When Zhao Ziyang refused to implement martial law, Deng decided to replace Zhao as general secretary with Shanghai Party secretary Jiang Zemin.

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hunger strikeMikhail GorbachevDeng XiaopingLi PengZhao ZiyangprotestsTiananmen
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June Fourth
The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989
 , pp. 63 - 81
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Backed into Corners
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: June Fourth
  • Online publication: 01 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323728.010
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  • Backed into Corners
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: June Fourth
  • Online publication: 01 April 2021
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  • Backed into Corners
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: June Fourth
  • Online publication: 01 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323728.010
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