ASIN: B00UW3RJEA
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 48
*Includes pictures*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Students, we came too late. We are sorry. You talk about us, criticize us, it is all necessary. The reason that I came here is not to ask you to forgive us. All I want to say is that students are getting very weak, it is the 7th day since you went on hunger strike, you can't continue like this. [...] You are still young, there are still many days yet to come, you must live healthy, and see the day when China accomplishes the four modernizations. You are not like us, we are already old, it doesn't matter to us any more.” - Zhao Ziyang at Tiananmen Square. May 19, 1989.Tiananmen Square, a large city square in the centre of Beijing, can be said to represent the essence of Chinese culture, being the site of several important events in the country's history. It is characterized as being ...
