The Tiananmen Papers.

Authors :: Nathan, Andrew J.
Source :: Foreign Affairs. Jan/Feb2001, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p1-48. 48p. 7 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Offers analysis of and excerpts from 'The Tiananmen Papers: The Chinese Leadership's Decision to Use Force Against Their Own People--In Their Own Words,' which details the decision by the Chinese government to use force in the suppression of democratic demonstrations by students in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. How transcripts of conversations between Chinese Communist leaders came to be available for publication in the West; Justification of the force used to end the demonstration; Concerns of the leaders at that time.