Book Review — Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest – A Diplomat Looks Back by Vijay Gokhale
A file photo of paramilitary police officers standing guard at Tiananmen Gate, adjacent to Tiananmen Square, in Beijing AP By C Uday Bhaskar June 4, 1989, will remain a tumultuous day in the history of modern China when tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and military trucks packed with armed troops swept down Beijing’s Avenue of … Read more