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(paper)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement</b></i> is a history book which investigates the conflict between the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_democracy_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese democracy movement">Chinese democracy movement</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">communist</a>-controlled <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>, culminating in the <a href="/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" title="1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre</a> in Beijing.<sup id="cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBSTankMan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book is written by <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Brook" title="Timothy Brook">Timothy Brook</a>, a distinguished Canadian <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a><sup id="cite_ref-WashingtonPostDirda_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashingtonPostDirda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who specializes in the <a href="/wiki/Sinology" title="Sinology">study of China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ObserverConrad_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ObserverConrad-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quelling_the_People&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Quelling the People</i> investigates the conflict between the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a> <a href="/wiki/Social_movement" title="Social movement">movement</a> in Beijing, China and the Communist Party-controlled People's Liberation Army. The democracy movement began during the <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Spring" title="Beijing Spring">Beijing Spring</a> in 1978 and the conflict culminated in a <a href="/wiki/Protest" title="Protest">mass confrontation</a> between the citizens of Beijing and the People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square in June 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBSTankMan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The immediate conflict at Tiananmen Square was brought to an end by the People's Liberation Army which used force, causing the death of hundreds of civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBSTankMan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The massacre was followed by a "media silence"<sup id="cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBSTankMan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_dissent" class="mw-redirect" title="Suppression of dissent">suppression</a> of the democracy movement. </p><p>In the book, which centres around a "detailed reconstruction of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 3 and 4, 1989,"<sup id="cite_ref-AmazonQuelling_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmazonQuelling-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the author examines the confusion of, and mistakes made by, the Chinese authorities, as well as the role of the "<a href="/wiki/Tank_Man" title="Tank Man">Tank Man</a>", the civilian who famously stood his ground in front of a column of four army tanks that were leaving Tiananmen Square.<sup id="cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBSTankMan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quelling_the_People&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=June_Teufel_Dreyer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="June Teufel Dreyer (page does not exist)">June Teufel Dreyer</a>, writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_China_Quarterly" title="The China Quarterly">The China Quarterly</a></i> states that "the author skillfully weaves eyewitness accounts into a smoothly flowing narrative. Two maps of Beijing assist the reader in following the actions described, and there is a useful chronology of events. The work should interest both generalists and specialists, and spans the disciplines of history, <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">sociology</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the reviewer finds it "difficult to accept Brook's conclusion, advanced in the final pages of the book and without prior <a href="/wiki/Concept" title="Concept">conceptualization</a>" in which he makes a "startling last-minute resort to external <a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">imperialism</a>-as-<a href="/wiki/Bogeyman" title="Bogeyman">bogeyman</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the journal <i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Affairs" title="Pacific Affairs">Pacific Affairs</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Saich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Saich (page does not exist)">Tony Saich</a> is of the opinion that "the author has done a magnificent job of reconstructing the <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> <a href="/wiki/Mobilization" title="Mobilization">mobilization</a> in Beijing and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_at_Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989">role of the People's Liberation Army</a> in the bloody suppression of the Chinese people's movement." He sums up <i>Quelling the People</i> as "a moving book that vividly displays the extraordinary bravery of the residents of Beijing."<sup id="cite_ref-PacificAffairsSaich_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacificAffairsSaich-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quelling_the_People&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_China" title="Democracy in China">Democracy in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Government_in_Exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan Government in Exile">Tibetan Government in Exile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Tibet_(1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Tibet (1950)">Invasion of Tibet</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quelling_the_People&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-PBSTankMan-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PBSTankMan_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff2005" class="citation web cs1">Staff (11 December 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/interviews/brook.html">"FRONTLINE: The Tank Man: Interviews: Timothy Brook (edited transcript)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-01-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Observer&rft.atitle=A+time+when+every+picture+told+a+story&rft.date=2008-06-29&rft.aulast=Conrad&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fculture%2F2008%2Fjun%2F29%2Freview.features1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuelling+the+People" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AmazonQuelling-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AmazonQuelling_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff1998" class="citation book cs1">Staff (1998). <i>Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement: product description</i>. Stanford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0804736383" title="Special:BookSources/0804736383"><bdi>0804736383</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Quelling+the+People%3A+The+Military+Suppression+of+the+Beijing+Democracy+Movement%3A+product+description&rft.pub=Stanford+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0804736383&rft.au=Staff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuelling+the+People" class="Z3988"></span> From the book's back cover "blurb".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChinaQuarterlyDreyer_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDreyer1993" class="citation journal cs1">Dreyer, June Teufel (December 1993). "Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement by Timothy Brook". <i><a href="/wiki/The_China_Quarterly" title="The China Quarterly">The China Quarterly</a></i>. <b>136</b> (136). <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a> on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Oriental and African Studies">School of Oriental and African Studies</a>: 988–989. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0305741000032446">10.1017/S0305741000032446</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/655602">655602</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:155061305">155061305</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+China+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Quelling+the+People%3A+The+Military+Suppression+of+the+Beijing+Democracy+Movement+by+Timothy+Brook&rft.volume=136&rft.issue=136&rft.pages=988-989&rft.date=1993-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A155061305%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F655602%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0305741000032446&rft.aulast=Dreyer&rft.aufirst=June+Teufel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuelling+the+People" class="Z3988"></span> Special Issue: Greater China (December 1993).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PacificAffairsSaich-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PacificAffairsSaich_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaich1993–1994" class="citation journal cs1">Saich, Tony (Winter 1993–1994). "Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement by Timothy Brook". <i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Affairs" title="Pacific Affairs">Pacific Affairs</a></i>. <b>66</b> (4). Pacific Affairs, <a href="/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia" title="University of British Columbia">University of British Columbia</a>: 573–574. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2760686">10.2307/2760686</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2760686">2760686</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pacific+Affairs&rft.atitle=Quelling+the+People%3A+The+Military+Suppression+of+the+Beijing+Democracy+Movement+by+Timothy+Brook&rft.ssn=winter&rft.volume=66&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=573-574&rft.date=1993%2F1994&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2760686&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2760686%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Saich&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuelling+the+People" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quelling_the_People&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMulvenon2000" class="citation journal cs1">Mulvenon, James (February 2000). "Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement by Timothy Brook". <i>The Journal of Asian Studies</i>. <b>59</b> (1). <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Asian_Studies" title="Association for Asian Studies">Association for Asian Studies</a>: 145–146. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2658599">10.2307/2658599</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2658599">2658599</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:159711035">159711035</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Asian+Studies&rft.atitle=Quelling+the+People%3A+The+Military+Suppression+of+the+Beijing+Democracy+Movement+by+Timothy+Brook&rft.volume=59&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=145-146&rft.date=2000-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A159711035%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2658599%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2658599&rft.aulast=Mulvenon&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuelling+the+People" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWortzel1994" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wortzel" title="Larry Wortzel">Wortzel, Larry M.</a> (January 1994). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-01-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=FRONTLINE%3A+The+Tank+Man%3A+Interviews%3A+Timothy+Brook+%28edited+transcript%29&rft.pub=Public+Broadcasting+Service&rft.date=2005-12-11&rft.au=Staff&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwgbh%2Fpages%2Ffrontline%2Ftankman%2Finterviews%2Fbrook.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuelling+the+People" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDreyer1993" class="citation journal cs1">Dreyer, June Teufel (December 1993). 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Fanzheng">Boluan Fanzheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Enlightenment_(China)" title="New Enlightenment (China)">New Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beijing_Spring" title="Beijing Spring">Beijing Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform" title="Chinese economic reform">Economic reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_against_spiritual_pollution" title="Campaign against spiritual pollution">Campaign against spiritual pollution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Chinese_student_demonstrations" title="1986 Chinese student demonstrations">1986 Chinese student demonstrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_China" title="Corruption in China">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_responsibility_system" title="Household responsibility system">Household responsibility system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics" title="Socialism with Chinese characteristics">Socialism with Chinese characteristics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_communist_party_rule" title="Criticism of communist party rule">Criticism of communism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#eeeeee;">Chronology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_26_Editorial" title="April 26 Editorial">April 26 Editorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_27_demonstrations" title="April 27 demonstrations">April 27 demonstrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiananmen_hunger_strikes" title="Tiananmen hunger strikes">Hunger Strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialogue_between_students_and_the_government_during_the_1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialogue between students and the government during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">Dialogue between students and the government</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eeeeee; vertical-align: middle"><a href="/wiki/Eight_Elders" title="Eight Elders">Elders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Yun" title="Chen Yun">Chen Yun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Shangkun" title="Yang Shangkun">Yang Shangkun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhen_(general)" title="Wang Zhen (general)">Wang Zhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peng_Zhen" title="Peng Zhen">Peng Zhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eeeeee; vertical-align: middle"><a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">Standing Committee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang" title="Zhao Ziyang">Zhao Ziyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Peng" title="Li Peng">Li Peng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiao_Shi" title="Qiao Shi">Qiao Shi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_Qili" title="Hu Qili">Hu Qili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Yilin" title="Yao Yilin">Yao Yilin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eeeeee; vertical-align: middle">Regional leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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Mu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Li" title="Wan Li">Wan Li</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wen_Jiabao" title="Wen Jiabao">Wen Jiabao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Xueqian" title="Wu Xueqian">Wu Xueqian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#eeeeee;">Protesters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eeeeee; vertical-align: middle">Leading figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bei_Dao" title="Bei Dao">Bei Dao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chai_Ling" title="Chai Ling">Chai Ling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cui_Jian" title="Cui Jian">Cui Jian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Qing" title="Dai Qing">Dai Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ding_Zilin" title="Ding Zilin">Ding Zilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Lizhi" title="Fang Lizhi">Fang Lizhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Zheng" title="Fang Zheng">Fang Zheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_Congde" title="Feng Congde">Feng Congde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Gang" title="Liu Gang">Liu Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Dongfang" title="Han Dongfang">Han Dongfang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hou_Dejian" title="Hou Dejian">Hou Dejian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Lu" title="Li Lu">Li Lu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Xianbin" title="Liu Xianbin">Liu Xianbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo" title="Liu Xiaobo">Liu Xiaobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qin_Benli" title="Qin Benli">Qin Benli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_Tong" title="Shen Tong">Shen Tong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_Baiqiao" title="Tang Baiqiao">Tang Baiqiao</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%;background-color: #eeeeee; vertical-align: middle">Generals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Huaqing" title="Liu Huaqing">Liu Huaqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chi_Haotian" title="Chi Haotian">Chi Haotian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Baibing" title="Yang Baibing">Yang Baibing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qin_Jiwei" title="Qin Jiwei">Qin Jiwei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Xuezhi" title="Hong Xuezhi">Hong Xuezhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Guanglie" title="Liang Guanglie">Liang Guanglie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Qinxian" title="Xu Qinxian">Xu Qinxian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Lianxiu" title="Li Lianxiu">Li Lianxiu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eeeeee; vertical-align: middle">Army units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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Republic of China)">38th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Army (People's Republic of China)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Army (People's Republic of China)">40th</a></li> <li>54th</li> <li>63rd</li> <li>64th</li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Army (People's Republic of China)">65th</a></li> <li>67th</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#eeeeee;">Works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Almost_a_Revolution" title="Almost a Revolution">Almost a Revolution</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tiananmen_Journal" title="A Tiananmen Journal">A Tiananmen Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collection_of_June_Fourth_Poems" title="Collection of June Fourth Poems">Collection of June Fourth Poems</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Critical_Moment" title="The Critical Moment">The Critical Moment – Li Peng Diaries</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_China" title="Escape from China">Escape from China</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Execution_(painting)" title="Execution (painting)">Execution</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gate_of_Heavenly_Peace_(film)" title="The Gate of Heavenly Peace (film)">The Gate of Heavenly Peace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Heart_for_Freedom" title="A Heart for Freedom">A Heart for Freedom</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_(advertisement)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hunt (advertisement)">Leica advert</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moving_the_Mountain_(1994_film)" title="Moving the Mountain (1994 film)">Moving the Mountain</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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