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The Tiananmen Papers: the Chinese leadership’s decision to use force against their own people – in their own words
Edited by Andrew J. Nathan and Perry Link
Ch.2: April 24-30: The April 26 Editoral
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Editors’ note: In Zhao Ziyang’s absence, Li Peng called a Politburo meeting on April 24 to hear reports about the spread of the [...]

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On the morning of April 20 Tian Jiyun, one of Zhao Ziyang’s most trusted friends and lieutenants, went to see Zhao, hoping to get him change the date of his scheduled visit to North Korea on April 23.
Tian Jiyun: “Comrade Ziyang, the situation in Beijing and other cities is extremely tense. Can’t you put off [...]

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The Tiananmen Papers: the Chinese leadership’s decision to use force against their own people – in their own words
Edited by Andrew J. Nathan and Perry Link 
Ch.1: April 8-23: The Student Movement Begins
 
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Excerpt from State Security Ministry, “April 21 student trends at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law,” “Important intelligence bulletin”, no.173, April 23.
School [...]

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The Tiananmen Papers: the Chinese leadership’s decision to use force against their own people – in their own words
Edited by Andrew J. Nathan and Perry Link 
Ch.1: April 8-23: The Student Movement Begins

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Birth of the Autonomous Federation of Students (AFS) in Beijing
Security agencies and Beijing municipal authorities kept close track of the intensifying student movement on [...]

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