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Tiananmen Exiles - Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China (Hardcover)
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Tiananmen Exiles - Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China (Hardcover)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History
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In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to
the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption
and authoritarian rule. What began with widespread hope for
political reform ended with the People's Liberation Army firing on
unarmed citizens in the capital city of Beijing, and those leaders
who survived the crackdown became wanted criminals overnight. Among
the witnesses to this unprecedented popular movement was Rowena
Xiaoqing He, who would later join former student leaders and other
exiles in North America, where she has worked tirelessly for over a
decade to keep the memory of the Tiananmen Movement alive. This
moving oral history interweaves He's own experiences with the
accounts of three student leaders exiled from China. Here, in their
own words, they describe their childhoods during Mao's Cultural
Revolution, their political activism, the bitter disappointments of
1989, and the profound contradictions and challenges they face as
exiles. Variously labeled as heroes, victims, and traitors in the
years after Tiananmen, these individuals tell difficult stories of
thwarted ideals and disconnection, but that nonetheless embody the
hope for a freer China and a more just world.
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