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Politics
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 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 29: Secretary of State's Morning Summary for June 21, 1989, China: Swift Justice, 1989
June 21, 1989
The document also anticipates a Communist Party Central Committee plenum that will ratify the removal of party secretary Zhao Ziyang, and name a new leader.
Tiananmen Square Document 28: Secretary of State's Morning Summary for June 15, 1989, China: Accusation over Fang Lizhi, 1989
June 15, 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
June 11, 1989
The Chinese government, in the words of this cable, "stepped up its anti-US rhetoric." (June 11, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 24: Department of State Intelligence Brief, "Current Situation in China: Background and Prospects," Ca., 1989
June 10, 1989
This brief explains the current situation within the context of the Chinese leadership crisis that had been broiling for two years. (June 10, 1989)
George H.W. Bush, Press Conference, June 8, 1989
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
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.
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