Hu Yaobang

Yaobang Hu was an instrumental figure in inspiring the student protesters in China. He was able to rise through the ranks of the Chinese government and at one point was the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the Party’s top position. Hu advocated for greater freedoms in choosing occupations, more liberalized economic policies, and a halt to corruption within the government. It was Hu’s ideas that resonated with the Chinese protesters. However, Hu’s Western-like ideas were seen as…

denunciations and sanctions from the United States. (History.com, Staff, 2009) Maybe if Mao ZeDong didn’t push communism on the country so much, these kinds of revolts wouldn’t happen. Force was not the answer. Hu Yaobang was the leader of the Communist Party of China from 1981 to 1987. Hu was…

The Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 3-4 was a tragic incident where many pro-democracy demonstrators, mostly young college students, were fired upon by Chinese troops and tanks in order to suppress the protest. China’s Government has relentlessly sought to undermine the significance and memory of the crisis. As a result, even public references to any of the events that took place. All media and protesting is heavily censored. However, covering up these events and trying to lessen their…

The Tiananmen Square massacre resulted in the death of around two thousand Chinese citizens (Paxman 181). These students advocated for their right to vote in democratic elections and express their freedom of speech. However, the Communist government responded by sending tanks to slaughter the students gathered in Tiananmen Square. China then attempted to downplay the massacre in order to maintain “peace” among the citizens. Following the massacre at Tiananmen Square, the Communist government of…

Robert Ortiz Mrs. Salinas English II May 1, 2018 “Tank Man” and What Happened In Tiananmen Square All throughout history we’ve seen pictures of men and women who have fought and tried their best to get what they thought was right for the people. They become known among the people and are a big part of history. “Tank Man” In contrast, is the man that fought unanimously. He had a great impact among the chinese people and around the world yet, no one knew who he was or even what he was. “ Tank…

After his death millions of students went to mourn at Tiananmen Square day after day. However, the mourning “quickly took a different character (Kluver71)”, students’ attention was re-directed from Hu Yaobang “towards the perceived failures of the Communist Party of China (Kluver 71).” Students argued to become more westernized. The visit of the Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev ,to the student protestors at Tiananmen Square, was a 'brave reformer'…

The Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 marked a significant time in Chinese history. On April 15th, students from Beijing University gathered in Tiananmen Square to mark the death of Chinese leader Hu Yaobang. The students protested and demonstrated for reform against corruption and inflation, asking that the government listen to their ideas. Several members of the Chinese government, including Deng Xiaoping (current leader of China), assumed that the protesters were attempting to overthrow the…

Tiananmen Square, “The Hunger games” and The Ukrainian Revolution validate why is it better to be free than safe. Tiananmen Square was an event that happened June of 1989 in Beijing, China. Students gathered at Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of Hu Yaobang and to protest an array of problems such as political corruption and the lack of civil liberties. Because the people of China don't have the right to protest, the Chinese government sent troops to disband it. Many protesters, mainly…

1949 Revolution and 1989 Tiananmen Square protests Throughout history, there has been many revolutions or rebellions that sought to make changes in societies. One of the common changes people fight for is their country’s form of government. World-widely, uprisings calling for democratic ideas were more typical than which call for communist styles of government. However, cultural movements towards communist path have been more successful in China. Two of the events that took place in China,…

where everything gets too far. Today protesting isn’t as bad as it was before, we try to result to agreements and there aren’t as many deaths as there were as before. In 1989 Tiananmen Square was a very important protest in history In 1989 in china Hu Yaobang was a communist party leader who tried to make china more open to political systems and has become a figure of democratic reform. t all started when students wanting a more democratic…