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President Bush's Response on Fang Lizhi, 1990
July 6, 1990
President Bush commented on Fang Lizhi during his News Conference Following the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in London, United Kingdom
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, 1990
April 4, 1990
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, adopted on April 4,1990 by the Seventh National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China at its Third Session
Deng Xiaoping, "Sino-American relations must be improved," Dec. 10, 1989
December 10, 1989
Excerpts from a talk with Brent Scowcraft, National Security Advisor for Pres. George H.W. Bush. From Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, v. 3.
Deng Xiaoping, "The U.S. should take the initiative in putting an end to the strains in Sino-American relations," Oct. 31, 1989
October 31, 1989
Excerpt from remarks Deng made to former President Richard Nixon in Beijing.
Tiananmen Square Document 35: State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research, "China: Aftermath of the Crisis," 1989
July 27, 1989
This document, an intelligence research report, asks: "How did China get to this point?" (July 27, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 34: State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research, "Status Report on Situation in China as of July 26, 1989," 1989
July 26, 1989
This document provides a broad sketch of the bleak situation in China.
Tiananmen Square Document 33: State Department document entitled "Themes," 1989
June 29, 1989
The document shows that the administration stressed his personal interest in the maintenance of good relations, and the interest of both countries in continuing strategic cooperation. (June 29, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 32: Cable, TFCH01: SITREP No. 65, June 27, 1700 Local, 1989
June 27, 1989
This Embassy cable sent three weeks after President Bush announced a package of sanctions against the PRC, informs that a Chinese military official had lodged a formal complaint with the U.S. defense attaché that "strongly protested recent U.S. military sanctions." (June 27, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 31: Cable, What Happened on the Night of June 3/4?, 1989
June 22, 1989
This document, as its authors state in the outset, "attempts to set the record straight" about the events of the night of June 3-4. (June 22, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 30: Cable, Eyewitness Account of June 4 PLA Tank Crushing 11 Students and Related Early Morning Events in Tiananmen Square, 1989
June 22, 1989
This extraordinary document provides the detailed account of a source who witnessed firsthand the violence at Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3-4. (June 22, 1989)
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January 4, 2024
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
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