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SDSU The Purpose of The Tiananmen Square Massacre Video Reflection Question

 

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1. Trace the events leading up to the Tiananmen Square Massacre in June 1989. Go back to the origins of the original protests, early confrontations with the PLA, and then the actual massacre. Comment on eyewitness reports

.2. Who was “Tank Man?” What was he doing or attempting to do? Describe his actions as seen by eyewitnesses and journalists. What are some views about what happened to him?

3. Describe the way the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) created a political/economic bargain with the Chinese people to deflect the bloody aftermath of the Tiananmen Square Massacre by examining the growth of the Chinese economy throughout the 1990s. What does one commentator mean by the Chinese government’s “social contract” with the people? One the other hand, also show how this economic development proved unequal to many Chinese. You may look at the lives of factory and migrant workers in China in terms of their pay, living and working conditions within these “two” different Chinas?