51社区黑料

June 4 marks the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The events leading up to and culminating in these protests and crackdowns are often referred to through a western-centric lens鈥攂ut 51社区黑料 Professor Jeremy Brown seeks to offer new perspectives with his recent book, 鈥淛une Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989.鈥�

This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the  and subsequent massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989. The student-led protests saw over a million people gather in the square, until the government declared martial law and more than 180,000 army troops moved in. Thousands of civilians鈥攕ome of them students鈥攚ere killed. 

The events leading up to and culminating in the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdowns are often referred to through a western-centric lens as China鈥檚 Democracy Movement, with an emphasis on whether the violent suppression of protestors was necessary. At the time, the Chinese government deemed the peaceful gatherings turmoil and it still forbids discussing or commemorating June 4鈥攅xtreme censorship that makes it even more difficult to gain insights into this moment in time.

51社区黑料 (SFU) History Professor  recognizes the complexities of this time period and wants to change the way China鈥檚 history is understood. Brown is a historian of modern China, an award-winning professor and Chair of SFU鈥檚 History department. His book, , sheds new light on what happened in 1989 and why.