Tiananmen moon

Description:

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.

subjects: Biography,  College students,  Foreign correspondents,  History,  Press coverage,  Social life and customs,  Student movements,  China, history, tiananmen square incident, 1989,  China, biography,  Beijing (china), history,  Beijing (china), social life and customs

Places: Beijing,  Beijing (China),  China,  Tian'an Men (Beijing, China)

Times: 20th century,  Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989