5.4 Student opposition/Tiananmen Square 86-89

Question 1

Student protests 1986

Answer 1

poor job prospects
corruption in CCP
control on what they study
students called for an end to dictatorship

Question 2

Reaction of Deng and CCP

Answer 2

Hu Yaobang showed sympathy for students and got sacked
Deng had students arrested
Deng said China did not democracy because government was good at ruling

Question 3

Student protest 1986, after reaction

Answer 3

Hu Yaobang died, tragic for students as they liked him
People gathered to express respect for him at tiananmen square

Question 4

Protests getting bigger

Answer 4

students tried to give Li peng a petition for freedom
Li refused and protests increased

Question 5

May 1989 - Hunger strike

Answer 5

Students went on hunger strike
government urgred them to stop
protests got worldwide publicity

Question 6

Deng takes action June 1989

Answer 6

Deng waited til Gorbachov (Leader of Russia) Left,
He declared marital law
Protests increased

Question 7

Massacre at Tiananmen Square

Answer 7

PLA told to reclaim square at all costs
Protestors shot to death
Use violence showed government would not tolerate democracy or opposition

Question 8

Result of massacre

Answer 8

End of Democracy movement
Deng said protestors attacked counter-revolutionaries