Almost a Revolution The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square

Name: Almost a Revolution The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square
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ISBN: 9780472085576

ISBN-10: 0472085573

ISBN-13: 9780472085576

Edition: 1998

Authors: Tong Shen, Marianne Yen, Tong Shen

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In his groundbreaking memoir about China's democracy movement and the massacre at Tiananmen Square in June 1989, student leader Shen Tong offers us a rare look at a bold and daring new generation of Chinese citizens who tried to protest the restraints imposed by their country's government. An organizer of the "dialogue delegation," whose goal was to negotiate with the government, Shen provides an insider's record of the day-to-day decisions that led up to June 4th. Written with the help of journalist Marianne Yen, the result is both a powerful documentary and a sensitive account of growing up in contemporary China. Now nearly ten years later as our fascination with post-Deng China…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 8/31/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.99" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.880



Map of Beijing


Preface



Beginnings



Avenue of Eternal Peace



Billy Clubs and Violins



Blue Dove and Misty Poets



"Young Leaf in Spring"



Beijing University



Year of the Dragon



Movement



Hu Yaobang Is Dead



The Spirit of May Fourth



Dialogue Delegation



Gorbachev Is Coming



Martial Law and the Goddess of Democracy



Bloody Sunday and Farewell


Epilogue


Acknowledgments