Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

glimpses of China, from the perspective of Hu Mei (“The Tiger,”) we see the growth in power of the protests; from the eyes of the government officials, we see the desperation and fear. Xu Jin, China’s director of the Ministry of State Security was at a diplomacy meeting with U.S. Ambassador Robert Smith Townson. Townson had told Xu Jin, “Your tiger is still in its cage,” as a reference to the growing protests. Xu responded angrily, the diplomatic dance gone awry. Through the many lenses we get…

The representation and consideration of the masses in China has always been a controversial theme to discuss. The corrupted power prefers to Vito the rise of social awareness than to push the privileged hierarchies of fascism within the political sectors. Many politicians seek to perpetuate an absolute throne above poverty by carefully constructing the destruction of stability through social resentment and polarization. The awarded documentary Free China: The Courage to Believe portrays a clear…

Jacob Palmer Ms. Hampel Modern Classics 4 April 2017 Throughout the world, there are different types of censorship whether that be through government and social media. What is censorship, well, censorship is the control of what people may say, hear, write, read, see, or do? So how would you feel if what you were able to view and see on the internet including news could possibly be fake? Well, that is a reality in China, not only do they censor the news and anything that goes against the…

life at risk by standing in front of four oncoming military tanks I could, in all reality, run him over at any moment. In Beijing in 1989, many students were upset with China and they felt that they needed to protest against the government. Time Magazine claims that this picture has a lot of effect on what people think actually happened that day in Tiananmen Square because of the fact that the Chinese government blocks out most of the information of what happened that day. “More than a…

revolution and his life and the lives of others were greatly affected by the Cultural Revolution. Bei Dao’s poetry was a great influence on many people and was a major part of his life and the events of the Cultural Revolution. After this revolution, in 1989, China’s government killed hundreds of civilians during a military march. This event caused Bei Dao to be exiled from China. Bei Dao’s writings and literary works have been greatly influenced by his life in China, the Cultural Revolution…

they constrain this “cave of knowledge” to the people to prevent outcries and potentially more protests. With this, the Chinese Government acts as the deniers of the Holocaust. They try to reconstruct the past in order to obtain and maintain control, in effort to have the upper hand on knowledge of the people. The Chinese authorities still censor information regarding the Tiananmen Square Incident of 1989, with 2 million online censors (Thomas). But the question begs, why has Tank Man made more…

In the photo the photographer depicts a single man, although many stepped in front of the tank at different times of the day. This action represented a small sacrifice compared to the larger one that occurred in Tiananmen Square. This time no bloodshed occurred, only a silent protest that showed the students hadn’t given up and the threat of violence wouldn’t change their steadfast beliefs. Thanks in part of this photo, the region will always be known for the courageous students who the…

enmeshed in a system that controlled people ...and by habituating them to mass campaigns of terror and intimidation. Such a system bred both fear and compliance” An example of this can be seen in the Tiananmen Square massacre. In 1989 almost a million Chinese, mostly students gathered in Tiananmen Square to protest for democracy in China…

believe that no one died in Tiananmen Square. Based on the evidence from the reading, I would infer that someone probably died in Tiananmen Square that day. The choice is up to you, as you will believe what you want to believe. Who is the audience? Throughout most of the article, it seems as if this would be a news article from a newspaper, as it's very persuasive and to the point. In addition, the article tells you what you want to hear - no one died in Tiananmen Square. This article would be…

Photography captures and preserves the significant and insignificant moments in life enabling mankind to broaden its understanding in a world where man regularly interacts with one another thousands of miles across an ocean. Nothing, however, can replicate the unfiltered, first-hand experience one undergoes, yet many forms of art, including photography, are conduits through which man may attempt to share such an experience. Each medium of art, consequently, is subject to the natural biases with…