Tiananmen Moon (eBook)

Inside the Chinese Student Uprising of 1989

Philip J Cunningham (Autor)

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2014 | Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
522 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3287-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This compelling book, now in a thoroughly revised and expanded anniversary edition, provides a vivid first-hand account of the student demonstrations and violent crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Uniquely placed as a Western observer drawn into active participation through Chinese friends in the uprising, 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 brings to life the story of the demonstrations, from the tentative early marches to the huge outpouring of support, from the hunger strikes and jostling for influence among student leaders, to the senseless bloody crackdown. This remarkable testament to a searing Beijing spring that changed China forever serves witness to the rise and fall of an uprising, capturing the plaintive and lyrical beauty of a dream that endures and continues to haunt the country today.

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This compelling book provides a vivid firsthand account of the student demonstrations and massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Uniquely placed as a Western observer drawn into active participation through Chinese friends in the uprising, 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. Tiananmen Moon takes the reader into the thick of the 1989 protests while also following the parallel response of an unprepared but resourceful Western media.In this revised and expanded edition, Cunningham recounts rare vignettes about life in Tiananmen Square under student leadership, including previously unpublished material. There is an account of the Goddess of Democracy being unveiled, a whimsical trip to the countryside that ends up on a collision course with PLA troops readying for attack, the tale of a near riot when a reporter is mistaken for Gorbachev, the saga of a tearful leader who quits and dictates her last will and testament to the author, and a dramatic account of futile resistance in the face of an unforgiving crackdown. The book chronicles the opportunistic and awkward tango between naive student activists and jaded foreign journalists, in which, after a month of mutual courting, the tables turn and the now-savvy students watch the journalists, seduced and confused, run circles just trying to keep up. During the hunger strike under the light of a full moon, China bares its conflicted soul to the world, the mournful cry for reform amplified by the footsteps of a million peaceful marchers. This remarkable testament to a searing month that changed China forever serves as a witness to the rise and fall of an uprising, capturing the plaintive and lyrical beauty of a dream that endures and continues to haunt the country today.

Autor

Philip J Cunningham is a freelance writer and teacher of media studies.

Inhalt

Prologue to the 25th Anniversary Edition: Tiananmen: Trying to Remember, Trying to ForgetPrefacePart I: New MoonMay 3 (AM): Blue Skies over TiananmenMay 3 (PM): In Search of the Real ChinaMay 4 (AM): The New May Fourth SpiritMay 4 (PM): Running with RebelsMay 10 (AM): Ten Thousand BicyclesMay 10 (PM): People’s DailyPart II: Waxing MoonMay 13 (AM): Democracy WallsMay 13 (PM): Hunger StrikeMay 14 (AM): Sun and StarsMay 14 (PM): Overnight VigilMay 15 (AM): Food for FastersMay 15 (PM): Looking for GorbachevMay 16: Working-Class HeroesMay 17: Rising Tide of RebellionMay 18 (AM): Water StrikeMay 18 (PM): Criminal ElementsMay 19 (AM): The New Red GuardsMay 19 (PM): Breaking the FastPart III: Waning MoonMay 20: Martial LawMay 22: Provincial VagabondsMay 23: Egg on the Face of MaoMay 24: Tiananmen HeadquartersMay 26: Radical CampMay 27: BBC Does the CountrysideMay 28: Last Will and TestamentMay 28: Clandestine InterviewMay 28: Going UndergroundMay 28: Midnight RendezvousMay 29: The GoddessPart IV: No MoonJune 2 (Night): Troops Are ComingJune 3 (Morning): Behind the Great HallJune 3 (Evening): Point of No ReturnJune 3 (Night): Of Tanks and MenJune 3–4: Eve of DestructionJune 4: The Sky Is CryingAfterword

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Asian Voices
• Zusatzinfo: 20 Illustrations including: - 20 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • China Studies • International Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-3287-0 / 1442232870
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-3287-7 / 9781442232877