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Using seldom-shown footage and declassified diplomatic sources, this program provides details on the unforgettable demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, a place where a movement was born - and then killed.

They had front row seats to one of the most shocking and oppressive dramas to unfold in modern China: the Tiananmen Square Massacre. They were the men and women stationed at Australia's embassy in Beijing, who saw the very best and the very worst of human behavior. 25 years later, Australia's eye-witnesses to that dark chapter tell how they hid from gunfire, harbored and helped key targets, and smuggled media footage out of China. (28 minutes).

This compelling book povides a vivid first-hand account of the student demonstrations and massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Philip J Cunningham offers a remarkable day-by-day account of Beijing students desperately trying to secure the most coveted political real estate in China in the face of ever more daunting government countermoves. He also follows the parallel response of an unprepared but resourceful Western media.

A book about China's student movement from the viewpoint of a Chinese journalist. Weaves together chronology and analysis of the recent events which shook the very fabric of Chinese society.

"China Since Tiananmen is the first book to offer a look at the intellectual and political trends, and to assess how China has changed, since the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Fewsmith describes the maneuverings of the top leadership and political debates among intellectuals, offering a coherent and credible narrative of deep political conflict in China in the years after Tiananmen. He puts the rise of neoconservatism and nationalism in China today...

Gives readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, and was dethroned for his efforts.

Although social movements and media can help destabilize authoritarian governments, not all social protest is effective or culminates in the toppling of dictatorships. Frequently, the military's response determines the outcome. In Defect or Defend, Terence Lee uses four case studies from Asia to provide insight into the military's role during the transitional phase of regime change. Lee compares popular uprisings in the Philippines and Indonesia--both...