Another take on Tiananmen
Article Abstract:
It is appropriate to re-evaluate the issue of the Tiananmen tragedy to put the events into a proper historical perspective. The US's Bonus March in 1932 is its own version of the Tiananmen tragedy, when President Herbert Hoover orderd Army Chief of Staff General Couglas MacArthur to put down a demonstration by any means. More than 200 were killed or wounded. At the time of the march, the US had had more than 150 of democratic government, and at the time of Tiananmen, China had had over 40 years of communist authoritarianism. It is important now to asses how Beijing has addressed the students' demands.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Target: Zhou Enlai; was America's CIA working with Taiwan agents to kill Chinese premier?
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A recent 'China Quarterly' article by Oxford scholar Steve Tsang claims the Apr 1955 destruction of Air-India's Kashmir Princess was a Kuomintang effort to assassinate Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Contrary to rumors of that time, Tsang found no evidence of CIA involvement in the plot. Zhou may have known of it, and changed his travel plans at the last minute but let others take the flight. Number Five Liaison Group, led by Tsang Yat-nin, apparently arranged the bomb's planting via Chow Tse-ming, an airplane cleaner.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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Chinese shadows
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Academic William Jenner considers the authenticity of a book entitled The City of Light. The book is purported to be the account of a journey to China by 13th century Italian merchant Jacob d'Ancona. D'Ancona's translator, David Selbourne, claims that his neighbour will show him alone the original manuscript. Jenner joins other critics in having grave doubts about the authenticity of the book, but his overriding impression is that, whether or not it is a literary hoax, it is a very boring account.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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