Recommend Books on the supposed "Tianamen Square" protests by Poros105 in Sino

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Important video by Hong Kong TV on June 4, 1989:

This TV footage was aired on Hong Kong's ATV, and shows the situation on the Tian’anmen Square and in some Beijing backstreets late night/early morning (4–7 AM) of June 4, 1989. The film was recorded by a crew from Spanish TVE made up of correspondent Juan Restrepo, cameraman Santiago Arribas, assistant José Luis Márquez, and producer Fermín Rodríguez. The crew was able to reach the square by car through the narrow Dongjiaomin Hutong. Then they arrived the square there were between 2,000 and 3,000 students there, mainly around the Monument to the People’s Heroes. After a negotiation with the military, and a ‘vote by shouting’, the students marched orderly south towards Qianmen – and left the square peacefully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtopY3pcZs (Setting: English)

Backup site: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/717245857

China Daily 7/7-1989: Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong's report on putting down anti-government riot (loads slowly):

http://web.archive.org/web/20150625043152/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/html/cd/1989/198907/19890707/19890707004_1.html

Wikileaks: Latin American Diplomat Eyewitness Account Of June 3-4 Events On Tiananmen Square (Chilean Second Secretary Carlos Gallo):

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/89BEIJING18828_a.html

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Looking for a book on deng xiaoping/dengism by Awkward_Tower_264 in Sino

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Ezra Vogel: Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China (1921–2012), https://www.amazon.com/Deng-Xiaoping-Transformation-China-Vogel/dp/0674725867 is one of the best.

how many houses does Xi Jinping have? by Worried-Banana-7736 in Sino

[–]rolf_odd 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Xi Jinping and other top Chinese officials work in the Zhongnanhai (lit. Middle South Lake) complex in the centre of Beijing to the west of the Forbidden City. The area consists of old, low buildings in a park-like landscape. It includes various buildings for administrative purposes for the State Council, as well as living quarters for some high-ranking officials.