I always found it interesting that the Tiananmen Square protests happened in 1989 right when all the other "pro-democracy" protests in the socialist world did, but it didn't succeed.
Meh. It was an internal conflict that combined western-inspired student protests with Maoist anti-land-reformists in support of an outgoing CCP leader's vision for the country. It's very difficult to pick sides in the fight, because it wasn't an East v West confrontation nearly so much as it was a Stalin v Trotsky domestic power struggle that manifested itself as a national media spectacle.
The Gang Of Four coming into and out of power in China did far more to shape the modern direction of the Chinese socialist character than this minor flare up on the eve of a multi-decade Chinese bull run.
I just think that the outcome of the Tiananmen protests is a good example of exactly why this is such a braindead map. China is even more cohesive now than it was back then, especially with the mauve expansion of transportation infrastructure linking everyone together.
I always found it interesting that the Tiananmen Square protests happened in 1989 right when all the other "pro-democracy" protests in the socialist world did, but it didn't succeed.
Tankiest I've ever been
This is why the repression at Tiananmen Square ended up being good for China in the long run
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Meh. It was an internal conflict that combined western-inspired student protests with Maoist anti-land-reformists in support of an outgoing CCP leader's vision for the country. It's very difficult to pick sides in the fight, because it wasn't an East v West confrontation nearly so much as it was a Stalin v Trotsky domestic power struggle that manifested itself as a national media spectacle.
The Gang Of Four coming into and out of power in China did far more to shape the modern direction of the Chinese socialist character than this minor flare up on the eve of a multi-decade Chinese bull run.
I just think that the outcome of the Tiananmen protests is a good example of exactly why this is such a braindead map. China is even more cohesive now than it was back then, especially with the mauve expansion of transportation infrastructure linking everyone together.
"The students are nuts if they think this handful of people can overthrow our Party and our government."
-- Wang Zhen, Chinese Communist official, May 1989