June Four: A Chronicle of the Chinese Democratic Uprising.

This book presents more than 200 photographs along with a chronological record from the "Ming Pao News," covering the events in People's Republic of China from the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989, which precipitated the Chinese student democratic movement, to the crushing of the movement at Tiananmen Square by the Chinese army on June 4, 1989, and the aftermath up to June 9, 1989. Highlights include the spreading of early student actions, the student hunger strike, negoitiations with Chinese government officials, martial law orders, involvement of the army, and the massacre at Tiananmen Square in Beijing (People's Republic of China). (DB)