{"product_id":"the-tiananmen-papers-paperback","title":"The Tiananmen Papers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiang Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew J. Nathan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePerry Link\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. In this extraordinary collection of hundreds of internal government and Communist Party documents, secretly smuggled out of China, we learn how these events came to pass from behind the scenes. The material reveals how the most important decisions were made; and how the turmoil split the ruling elite into radically opposed factions. The book includes the minutes of the crucial meetings at which the Elders decided to cashier the pro-reform Party secretary Zhao Ziyang and to replace him with Jiang Zemin, to declare martial law, and finally to send the troops to drive the students from the Square. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just as the Pentagon Papers laid bare the secret American decision making behind the Vietnam War and changed forever our view of the nation's political leaders, so too has The Tiananmen Papers altered our perception of how and why the events of June 4 took the shape they did. Its publication has proven to be a landmark event in Chinese and world history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew J. Nathan\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of politics at Columbia University and the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eChina's Transition\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia). He is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerry Link\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Chinese language and literature at Princeton University. In 1988-89 he served as Beijing director of a subcommittee of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eEvening Chats in Beijing: Probing China's Predicament\u003c\/i\u003e (Norton). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrville Schell\u003c\/b\u003e, dean of graduate studies in journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, is considered one of America's foremost experts on China. His most recent book on contemporary China is \u003ci\u003eThe China Reader: the Reform Era\u003c\/i\u003e (Vintage).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 580\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 9.54 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47746941911289,"sku":"9781586481223","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OGxJcjBleXM4dkIrYWEvbTFSRi9HZz09.webp?v=1775023797","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-tiananmen-papers-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}