Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- 24 The Purge as History
- 25 “Rioters”
- 26 Don’t Call It a Yundong
- 27 Going through the Motions
- 28 Falsehoods and Defiance
- 29 Aftermath
- 30 The Future of June Fourth
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
29 - Aftermath
Alternative Paths
from Part Five - The Aftermath
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2021
Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- 24 The Purge as History
- 25 “Rioters”
- 26 Don’t Call It a Yundong
- 27 Going through the Motions
- 28 Falsehoods and Defiance
- 29 Aftermath
- 30 The Future of June Fourth
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Even though some participants predicted that bloodshed in Beijing would mark the end of Communist rule, there was no nationwide uprising in the aftermath of the massacre because killing, arrests, and purges sowed fear and underlined the high costs of direct resistance. Another alternative path many called for in the aftermath of the massacre was for an official re-evaluation (pingfan) of June Fourth. Some victims demand a reappraisal, while others reject the notion that the Communist Party is a legitimate arbiter of Chinese history.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 243 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021