I think "insurgents" is more appropriate than rioters. They ambushed unarmed PLA troops with molotovs and burned them alive in their trucks and APCs, then egaged the PLA with guns.
Afaik the CIA contingent was very small and the overwhelming majority of students were protesting the Deng government's liberalization of the market. THere was also a social component - They wanted more social freedom to date and generally be kids, and felt that the very strict traditional expectations put on them were not in line with Communist thought.
Afaik the CIA contingent was very small and the overwhelming majority of students were protesting the Deng government's liberalization of the market.
These are some of the sources for my claim about CIA involvement that I dug up on newspapers.com:
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I think you're right, but it definitely seems like the "student pro-democracy" leaders were in cahoots with the CIA. Here's more info on the CIA op to help them escape law enforcement after the fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird
Also as an unrelated bonus, here's a great "stupid sexy Fidel" article from I think 1959 or 1960 that I also found on the newspapers site:
I think "insurgents" is more appropriate than rioters. They ambushed unarmed PLA troops with molotovs and burned them alive in their trucks and APCs, then egaged the PLA with guns.
Afaik the CIA contingent was very small and the overwhelming majority of students were protesting the Deng government's liberalization of the market. THere was also a social component - They wanted more social freedom to date and generally be kids, and felt that the very strict traditional expectations put on them were not in line with Communist thought.
These are some of the sources for my claim about CIA involvement that I dug up on newspapers.com:
I think you're right, but it definitely seems like the "student pro-democracy" leaders were in cahoots with the CIA. Here's more info on the CIA op to help them escape law enforcement after the fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird
Also as an unrelated bonus, here's a great "stupid sexy Fidel" article from I think 1959 or 1960 that I also found on the newspapers site: