China Rising: The Meaning of Tiananmen - Hardcover

A compelling account of a city full of rumors, excitement, and fear.--William Winans "San Francisco Chronicle " Vivid...right on the mark.--Dori Jones Yang "Business Week " Feigon tells a story that combines both historical perspective with a personal eyewitness account...sure to enrich the understanding of the specialist in comparative politics as well as of the China expert.--Allen S. Whiting "Political Science Quarterly " By far the best treatment of the episode that I have seen.--Nicholas R. Clifford "Commonwealth " Closely packed, forthright, and clearly written...a highly convincing explanation of the social and economic roots of the political crisis.--Gregor Benton "China Quarterly " An absorbing and meticulous account.--Jonathan Spence, Yale University

This book presents an authoritative history of the Chinese student movement for democracy which ended in tragedy in Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989. 'An absorbing and meticulous account'. - Jonathan Spence, Yale University.