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Tiananmen moon

Tiananmen moon

Philip J. Cunningham · 2009 · 407 pages

BiographyCollege studentsForeign correspondentsHistoryPress coverageSocial life and customs

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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.

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