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Deng Xiaoping, "The U.S. should take the initiative in putting an end to the strains in Sino-American relations," Oct. 31, 1989
Excerpt from remarks Deng made to former President Richard Nixon in Beijing.
Tiananmen Square Document 33: State Department document entitled "Themes," 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
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 28: Secretary of State's Morning Summary for June 15, 1989, China: Accusation over Fang Lizhi, 1989
Policy makers in Washington were clearly concerned as the Fang Lizhi episode threatened to further disrupt Sino-American relationship beyond its current strains.
Tiananmen Square Document 26: Cable, SITREP No. 49, June 12, 0500 Local, 1989
The Chinese government, in the words of this cable, "stepped up its anti-US rhetoric." (June 11, 1989)
George H.W. Bush, Press Conference, June 8, 1989
President Bush spoke to reporters at the White House. He discussed the sanctions he imposed on June 5 and what it would take to restore pre-Tiananmen Square crackdown relations between the U.S. and China. He also noted that he would not discuss asylum requests by Fang Lizhi or others.
George H.W. Bush, Press Conference, June 5, 1989
President Bush spoke to the press at the White House. He began by discussing the violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in China and took questions which addressed U.S.-China relations in the aftermath of the crackdown.
Tiananmen Square Document 12: Cable, SITREP 1, 1989
This document, the first in this series of SITREPs, updates U.S. embassy and consular personnel around the world on the first violent clashes with demonstrators. (June 3, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 7: Memorandum of Conversation, George Bush Meeting with Wan Li, 1989
This document, a heavily excised summary transcript of their conversation, indicates that the subject of the student demonstrations did come up at their meeting. (May 23, 1989)
President Bush's Interview With Chinese Television Journalists in Beijing, 1989
The interview began at 6:02 p.m. at the CCTV Studios. In his remarks, the President referred to Zhao Ziyang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party; Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission; Li Peng, Premier of the State Council, and Yang Shangkun, President of China. Following his remarks, the President traveled to Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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