Cunningham, Philip J.

Tiananmen moon inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 / [electronic resource] : Philip J. Cunningham. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 291 p., [10] p. of plates) : ill. - Asian voices . - Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.) .

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I: New moon -- In search of the real China -- The new May fourth spirit -- Ten thousand bicycles -- II: Waxing moon -- Hunger strike -- Laying claim to the square -- Looking for Gorbachev -- Working-class heroes -- Rising tide of rebellion -- Everyone an emperor -- Breaking the fast -- III: Waning moon -- Martial law -- Provincial vagabonds -- Egg on the face of Mao -- Tiananmen headquarters -- Radical camp -- Last will and testament -- Clandestine interview -- Going underground -- Midnight rendezvous -- IV: No moon -- Troops are coming -- Of tanks and men -- Eve of destruction -- The sky is crying.


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