The Tiananmen papers/
edited by Andrew J. Nathan and Perry Link
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2001.
- lxv, 513 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Preface to the paperback edition : The Tiananmen papers : an editor's reflections / Andrew J. Nathan -- Preface : Reflections on June fourth / Zhang Liang -- The documents and their significance / Andrew J. Nathan -- 1986-Spring 1989 : seeds of crisis -- April 8-23 : the student movement begins -- April 24-30 : the April 26th editorial -- May 1-6 : signs of compromise -- May 6-16 : hunger strike -- May 16-19 : the fall of Zhao Ziyang -- May 19-22 : martial law -- May 23-25 : the conflict intensifies -- May 26-28 : the elders choose Jiang Zemin -- May 29-June 3 : preparing to clear the square -- June 1989 and after : renewed struggle over China's future -- Reflections on authentication / Orville Schell -- Abbreviations -- Who was who : one hundred brief biographies.