Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
Tiananmen Square Document 20: Cable, TFCH01--SITREP No. 37: June 7, 0500 Hours Local, 1989
Embassy officials report continuing large-scale troop movements around Beijing. (June 6, 1989)
June 6, 1989
In this document, Embassy officials report continuing large-scale troop movements around Beijing amid persistent but unconfirmed rumors of splits and clashes among Chinese military units near the Nanyuan Airport. The cable also reports the harassment of citizens by troops trying to enforce martial law.
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Original source: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/documents/index.html#d20
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