5.4 - Student Opposition and Tiananmen Square Flashcards
1
Q
When did protests in 1989 increase?
A
When 3 students gave petition to Premier Li Peng asking for greater freedom
2
Q
How many students went on hunger strike and when?
A
300 students in second week of May
3
Q
How many students went on university boycott?
A
100,000
4
Q
What did Deng declare after Gorbachev left China?
A
Martial Law
5
Q
How many soldiers surrounded Tiananmen Square?
A
350,000
6
Q
What did the students chant?
A
We want democracy, we want Deng to go
7
Q
Why did Deng use violence instead of riot police/tear gas to disperse protesters?
A
To show determination of Chinese government against anyone calling for political reform, and to show they won’t tolerate any opposition
