Almost A Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) - Softcover

Shen, Tong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472085573 ISBN 13: 9780472085576

Publisher: The University of Michigan Press, 1998

Synopsis

In his groundbreaking memoir about China's democracy movement and the massacre at Tiananmen Square in June 1989, student leader Shen Tong offers us a rare look at a bold and daring new generation of Chinese citizens who tried to protest the restraints imposed by their country's government. An organizer of the ""dialogue delegation,"" whose goal was to negotiate with the government, Shen provides an insider's record of the day-to-day decisions that led up to June 4th. Written with the help of journalist Marianne Yen, the result is both a powerful documentary and a sensitive account of growing up in contemporary China.
Now nearly ten years later as our fascination with post-Deng China continues to develop, Shen's story and the updated material he provides are weighted with increasing significance. Coupled with much of the recent analysis, Shen's firsthand account vividly contextualizes the Chinese government's opposition to democracy and offers meaningful insight into a country that promises to occupy an increasingly prominent position in the world.
""A cause for celebration . . . an important contribution to China's newly discovered historical memory."" --New York Times Book Review
Shen Tong is a doctoral student in political sociology at Boston University and the founder of the Democracy for China Fund, which aims to support and publicize dissent networks in China. Marianne Yen is a former New York correspondent for the Washington Post.

About this title

Synopsis:

A student leader in China presents a look at China's democracy movement and the massacre at Tiananmen Square in 1989, describing the new generation of Chinese who protested the restraints imposed by their country's government.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0472085573
• ISBN 13: 9780472085576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376