Profession / Private Belief - Tiananmen Papers

Name Instructor Course Date Profession / Private Belief- Tiananmen Papers A member of the People's Republic of China (PRC) smuggled out documents highlighting the party deliberations on how to deal with student led 1989 Tiananmen Square protestors (Nathan 4). The public image is that the Tiananmen protests were led by a small group of students and had little influence on China. Information on the protests is not publicly discussed in China, and the government even maintains tight control, over the internet that mention of the protests blocked. The Tiananmen Papers highlight the different views on how to address pro-reform protestors in 1989 and the reasons behind smuggling the papers. In maintaining tight control over information surrounding the demonstrations the Chinese officials have managed to hide information that even current generation does not know the relevance of the event. However, in private some of the previous leaders acknowledged that the pro-democra...