Description: Over 30 years ago, on April 15th 1989, the occupation of Tiananmen Square began. As tens of thousands of students and concerned Chinese citizens took to the streets demanding political reforms, the fate of China's communist system was unknown. When reports of soldiers marching into Beijing to suppress the protests reverberated across Western airwaves, the world didn't know what to expect. Lun Zhang was just a young sociology teacher then, in charge of management and safety service for the protests. Now, in this powerful graphic novel, Zhang pairs with French journalist and Asia specialist Adrien Gombeaud, and artist Ameziane, to share his unvarnished memory of this crucial moment in world history for the first time. Providing comprehensive coverage of the 1989 protests that ended in bloodshed and drew global scrutiny, Zhang includes context for these explosive events, sympathetically depicting a world of discontented, idealistic, activist Chinese youth rarely portrayed in Western media. Many voices and viewpoints are on display, from Western journalists to Chinese administrators. Describing how the hope of a generation was shattered when authorities opened fire on protestors and bystanders, Tiananmen 1989 shows the way in which contemporary China shaped itself. Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident -- otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre -- from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all. Over 30 years ago, on April 15th 1989, the occupation of Tiananmen Square began. As tens of thousands of students and concerned Chinese citizens took to the streets demanding political reforms, the fate of China's communist system was unknown. When reports of soldiers marching into Beijing to suppress the protests reverberated across Western airwaves, the world didn't know what to expect. Lun Zhang was just a young sociology teacher then, in charge of management and safety service for the protests. Now, in this powerful graphic novel, Zhang pairs with French journalist and Asia specialist Adrien Gombeaud, and artist Ameziane, to share his unvarnished memory of this crucial moment in world history for the first time. Providing comprehensive coverage of the 1989 protests that ended in bloodshed and drew global scrutiny, Zhang includes context for these explosive events, sympathetically depicting a world of discontented, idealistic, activist Chinese youth rarely portrayed in Western media. Many voices and viewpoints are on display, from Western journalists to Chinese administrators. Describing how the hope of a generation was shattered when authorities opened fire on protestors and bystanders, Tiananmen 1989 shows the way in which contemporary China shaped itself.
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EAN: 9781684056996
UPC: 9781684056996
ISBN: 9781684056996
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Format: Hardback, 112 pages
Author: Zhang, Lun
Book Title: Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Zhang, Lun
Item Height: 1.5 cm
Item Length: 23.6 cm
Item Weight: 0.38 kg
Item Width: 18.3 cm
Language: English
Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
Artist/Writer: Edward Gauvin, Adrien Gombeaud, Ameziane, Lun Zhang
Cover Artist: Ameziane
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publication Year: 2020
Character: Mikhail Gorbachev, Ge Yang, Wang Juntao, Shao Jing, Yuan Mu, Wang Dan, Deng Ziaoping, Wu'er Kaixi, Liu Gang, Yan Jiaqi, Zhu Duo, Cui Jian, Wan Runnan, Wang Chachua, Stephanie Andrews, Li Lu, Yang Shangkun, Chai Ling, Liu Xiaobo, Zhao Ziyang, Chen Ziming, Li Peng, Wei Jingsheng
Series Title: Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes
